
Born near Taylor: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Donna D'Errico, born in Dothan, 6 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Taylor as a birthplace. Next door, Dothan lists 37, led by Donna D'Errico. Across Alabama, the lists cover 288 towns.
What stands out about Taylor’s famous people
Famous people born near Taylor
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.








Dixie Howell
1912–1971American football and baseball player and coach




Margaret Peterlin
born 1970American lawyer and government official

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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Taylor 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 (13)
- Donna D'Errico: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dderrico&action=edit&redlink=1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Mack Brown: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Cain: Steve Paluch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Walker: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Bright: Office of Congressman Bobby Bright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Whitestone: Ballerina224, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Dewitt Hutto: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Ward: Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve McLendon: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Henry Deese: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Thomas West: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Peterlin: Dept. of Commerce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Peacock: Alex Cullen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
