21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cowarts
Closest of all is Robert Stewart, from Ashford, 5 mi away. Faye Dunaway is the most widely known, written about in 75 languages. Of the bordering towns, Dothan has the longest list: 37, with Donna D'Errico at the top. No entry yet names Cowarts as a birthplace.
What stands out about Cowarts’ famous people
Famous people born near Cowarts
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







Dixie Howell
1912–1971American football and baseball player and coach
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Famous people from the towns next door
Dothan leads the towns around it, with 37 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cowarts 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 (7)
- Faye Dunaway: JacobsT21, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna D'Errico: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dderrico&action=edit&redlink=1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Mack Brown: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Cain: Steve Paluch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Walker: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Bright: Office of Congressman Bobby Bright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Whitestone: Ballerina224, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
