Famous people · Fairview
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Fairview
Closest of all is Harold Guy Hunt, from Holly Pond, 7 mi away. Channing Tatum is the most widely known, written about in 68 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Fairview. 288 towns in Alabama have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Channing Tatum
Best known
Channing Tatum
in 68 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fairview’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fairview
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Brontez Purnell
born 1982American writer, musician, dancer, and director
Osmond Kelly Ingram
1887–1917United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Rusty Paul
American attorney, and District Attorney of Fulton County
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fairview 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 (11)
- Channing Tatum: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Candi Staton: Canyouhearmenow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sparkman: United States Senate, Public domain, 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
- Malcolm R. Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Williamson: Todd Williamson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Lively: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herndon Glenn Dowling, Jr.: WcsuArchivist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osmond Kelly Ingram: no photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rusty Paul: Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons