Famous people · McDonald Chapel
Born near McDonald Chapel: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Condoleezza Rice is the most widely known, written about in 113 languages. Closest of all is Doug Jones, from Fairfield, 3 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in McDonald Chapel. Next door, the list for Birmingham holds 45, Condoleezza Rice first.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Condoleezza Rice
Best known
Condoleezza Rice
in 113 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about McDonald Chapel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near McDonald Chapel
The 29 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Lindsey
1928–2012American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker
Virginia Hill
1916–1966American woman who was a Chicago Outfit courier
Henry E. Erwin
1921–2002US Army Air Forces NCO and Medal of Honor recipient
Condoleezza Rice
born 1954American diplomat and political scientist
Angela Davis
born 1944American political activist, scholar, and author
Edward O. Wilson
1929–2021American biologist, naturalist, and writer
Louisiana Red
1932–2012African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
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Around it, Birmingham has the most people on record, 45 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McDonald Chapel 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 (21)
- Condoleezza Rice: Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Davis: Columbia GSAPP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courteney Cox: Felicia C. Sullivan at http://feliciasullivan.com/, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward O. Wilson: Jim Harrison, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Fletcher: Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Holland: Gordon Correll Derivative work MagentaGreen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Jones: Digital Campaign Manager Doug Jones for Senate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Edwards: Bernie Ilson, Inc., 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
- George Lindsey: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- DeWanna Bonner: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleveland Eaton: Jazzilady at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Rowe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlon Humphrey: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bradberry: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Bonnett: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ameer Abdullah: Thundrplaya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James MacKay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons