Famous people · Pike Road
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Pike Road
Closest of all is Nat King Cole, from Montgomery, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Rosa Parks, with articles in 128 languages. Next door, Montgomery lists 43, led by Nat King Cole. Selma has the most of any town in Alabama: 70.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
27 mi
Rosa Parks
Best known
Rosa Parks
in 128 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pike Road’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pike Road
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Claudette Colvin
1939–2026African-American civil rights activist
Henry Carr
1942–2015American track and field athlete (1941/2–2015)
Eddie Kendricks
1939–1992American singer and songwriter, member of The Temptations
John Henrik Clarke
1915–1998American historian and writer
Zora Neale Hurston
1891–1960African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate
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Famous people from the towns next door
Montgomery has the longest list next door: 43.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pike Road 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 (15)
- Rosa Parks: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nat King Cole: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Richie: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zora Neale Hurston: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Octavia Spencer: Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zelda Fitzgerald: Alfred Cheney Johnston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson Pickett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claudette Colvin: The Visibility Project, Claudette Colvin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Carr: Mario De Biassi/Giorgio Lotti (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Davenport: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Kendricks: Tamla, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ajiona Alexus: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Arthur Bridgman: Rijksmuseum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaitlan Collins: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Roberts: Robin_Roberts_at_Heart_Truth_2010.jpg: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons