Famous people · Moores Mill
Born near Moores Mill: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Kira Lewis Jr., from Meridianville, 4 mi away. Jimmy Wales is the most widely known, written about in 237 languages. Over the border in Huntsville, 38 names are on record, led by Jimmy Wales. 294 towns across Alabama can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Jimmy Wales
Best known
Jimmy Wales
in 237 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Moores Mill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Moores Mill
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Michael E. Brown
born 1965American planetary astronomer
David Fanning
born 1985American country music singer, songwriter, record producer
Brontez Purnell
born 1982American writer, musician, dancer, and director
John B. Calhoun
1917–1995American ethologist and behavioral researcher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Moores Mill 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 (8)
- Debby Ryan: MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tallulah Bankhead: Photographer:Talbot (presumably in New York)-rest of stamp is smudged., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael E. Brown: Publishers: Mike Brown prefers the image on his personal website., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Dickens: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Calhoun: Cat Calhoun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kelso: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kira Lewis Jr.: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Randolph: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons