Famous people · Blue Mountain
Born near Blue Mountain: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Bob Wootton, born in Paris, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Roy Buchanan, with articles in 26 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Blue Mountain. The longest list of any town in Arkansas belongs to Fort Smith, with 69.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
27 mi
Roy Buchanan
Best known
Roy Buchanan
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blue Mountain’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Blue Mountain
The 32 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Mary McCormic
1889–1981American operatic soprano, 1920s; music educator, 1944–1966
Mildred Breedlove
1904–1994American author and Nevada Poet Laureate
Gary Darnell
born 1948American college football player, college football coach
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Blue Mountain?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Blue Mountain’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blue Mountain 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)
- Roy Buchanan: RoyBuchananPerforming.jpg: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/ derivative work: WikiAR, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Bumpers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Farley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Wootton: Mark Dillman (daddyodilly), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John P. McConnell: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Stewart: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Boles: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Ward: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles C. Reid: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Welles: Justin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Sain: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mildred Breedlove: Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno, Libraries, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Ellison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Adams: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary McCormic: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Speer: Emmett Francis Collins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons