History · Burlington
Close to home
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Burlington yet, but 22 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Rosebud · 5 mi
Catherine Hardwicke
American film director, screenwriter and architectDede Westbrook
American football player
Alvin Ailey
African-American dancer, choreographer and activistWilliam D. McElroy
American biochemistJoseph Tyree Sneed, III
American judgeBill Foster
American Hall of Fame baseball playerBobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musicianPeggy Little
American musicianPierce Holt
American football playerBen Clarkson Connally
United States federal judge
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues musicianLee Roy Caffey
American football playerMary Sue Hubbard
Third wife of L. Ron Hubbard
Rip Torn
American actor
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
American NASA astronaut, physicianSammy Baugh
American football player, coachRudy Youngblood
Mexican-born Native American actor
Walton H. Walker
United States Army general