
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Priceville
The best known of them is Jimmy Wales, with articles in 237 languages. Decatur’s list, next door, has 50 names, Mae Jemison first among them. The nearest, Mae Jemison, was born in Decatur, 7 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Priceville yet.
What stands out about Priceville’s famous people
Famous people born near Priceville
Nobody born in Priceville is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.






Michael E. Brown
born 1965American planetary astronomer


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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Decatur has the most people on record, 50 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Priceville 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)
- Channing Tatum: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mae Jemison: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Dean Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Dickens: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Rivers: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
