History · McDowell
Close to home
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in McDowell yet, but 27 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Monterey · 6 mi
W. E. Blackhurst
American writerWilliam L. Brown
American geneticist
Tony Schiavone
Sports broadcasterBailey Talley
American Softball Player
James Edward Hanger
Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and founder of J E Hanger Inc
Lacy Irvine Moffett
American Presbyterian missionary
W. Taylor Reveley III
American writer and academic
Howard Hille Johnson
American educator and school founderJacob Owens
Player of American footballJohn James Dyer
United States federal judgeGary McPherson
American basketball player and coachRod Smith
American football player and coach
Blandy Clarkson
American football coach
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
Francis Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
William Haines
American actor, interior designer
John Breckinridge
American politician
Joseph W. Fifer
American politician
John Brown
American lawyer and statesman, Virginia
Sam Snead
American golferJ. C. Snead
Professional golfer, minor league baseball playerBill Harman
Professional baseball playerKathaleen Land
American computer and mathematicianOliver Bucher
American military personnel
Kate Smith
American singer