Born near Aplin: 30 famous people within 35 miles
Josephine L. Hart, born in Perryville, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Tom Cotton, with articles in 39 languages. 237 towns in Arkansas have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Aplin yet.
What stands out about Aplin’s famous people
Famous people born near Aplin
The 30 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Nathan Green Gordon
1916–2008American lawyer, politician, and decorated naval aviator

Norris Church Mailer
1949–2010American writer; widow of Norman Mailer

Ernestine Hogan Basham Thurman
1920–1987American entomologist and researcher

Gwendolyn Wilson Fowler
1907–1997African-American pharmacist





Mary McCormic
1889–1981American operatic soprano, 1920s; music educator, 1944–1966




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aplin 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)
- Scott Bradley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corliss Williamson: Brandonrush, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Womack: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooks Hays: Farm Security Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse M. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Stallings: George Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hanna Harrell: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henderson M. Jacoway: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Green Gordon: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Ellison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boss Schmidt: Detroit Free Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary McCormic: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norris Church Mailer: Lawrence Schiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Schmidt: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons