Famous people · Coaling
Born near Coaling: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Dinah Washington, from Tuscaloosa, 11 mi away. Across Alabama, the lists cover 289 towns. No famous person on record lists Coaling as their birthplace yet. Selma has the most of any town in Alabama: 70.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Dinah Washington
Best known
Dinah Washington
in 43 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Coaling’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Coaling
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Louisiana Red
1932–2012African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr.
born 1963American space agency executive
Virginia Hill
1916–1966American woman who was a Chicago Outfit courier
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coaling 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 (13)
- Dinah Washington: Mercury Records The full size copy of the photo shows the photographer to be James Kriegsmann, New York., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Van de Graaff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deontay Wilder: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Holland: Gordon Correll Derivative work MagentaGreen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis Davis: Henk Lindeboom / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Lurleen Wallace: Lurleen Wallace, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Shadix: Carlos Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisiana Red: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Hall: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Jackson: U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC Photo by Chris Putman), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Rowe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Bonnett: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr.: NASA/MSFC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons