
Born near Trinity: 31 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Mae Jemison, was born in Decatur, 5 mi away. Of the towns next door, Decatur lists the most: 50, with Mae Jemison first. The best known of them is Jimmy Wales, with articles in 237 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Trinity.
What stands out about Trinity’s famous people
Famous people born near Trinity
Nobody born in Trinity is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.








John Mason Martin
1837–1898(1837-1898) politician, United States Representative for Alabama's 6th District from 1885 to 1887





Michael E. Brown
born 1965American planetary astronomer



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Famous people from the towns next door
Decatur leads the towns around it, with 50 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trinity 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 (16)
- 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
- Percy Sledge: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- John Sparkman: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Buttram: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hendrix: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Randolph: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm R. Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pop Gates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William N. Richardson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mason Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
