Famous people · Cherokee Ridge
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cherokee Ridge
Closest of all is Nancy Worley, from New Hope, 12 mi away. Jimmy Wales is the most widely known, written about in 237 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Cherokee Ridge. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Jimmy Wales
Best known
Jimmy Wales
in 237 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Cherokee Ridge
Nobody born in Cherokee Ridge is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Michael E. Brown
born 1965American planetary astronomer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cherokee Ridge and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Channing Tatum: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Debby Ryan: MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tallulah Bankhead: Photographer:Talbot (presumably in New York)-rest of stamp is smudged., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael E. Brown: Publishers: Mike Brown prefers the image on his personal website., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Dickens: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sparkman: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Little: E J Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Holly Williams: Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Guy Hunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Randolph: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm R. Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Starnes: Harris & Ewing, official White House photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Thomason: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Matthews: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons