Famous people · Faunsdale
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Faunsdale
Closest of all is Tony Cox, from Uniontown, 6 mi away. Mia Hamm is the most widely known, written about in 63 languages. No entry yet names Faunsdale as a birthplace. The longest list in Alabama is Selma’s, with 70 names.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
33 mi
Mia Hamm
Best known
Mia Hamm
in 63 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Faunsdale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Faunsdale
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ralph Abernathy
1926–1990American civil rights activist and minister
Minnie Bruce Pratt
1946–2023American educator, poet, essayist and theorist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Faunsdale 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)
- Mia Hamm: Rob Poetsch on Flickr; cropped by Blackcat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Sessions: United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Abernathy: Warren K. Leffler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theo Ratliff: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Bonner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzan DelBene: Robert Kangas from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bull Connor: City of Birmingham, Alabama, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons