Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Best known
Ed Bruce
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Burdette’s famous people ★ What stands out · Close to home Famous people born near Burdette They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
10 mi 20 mi 35 mi Blytheville · 6 Osceola · 6 Henning · 5 Manila · 4 Dyess · 2 Luxora · 1 Dell · 1 Holland · 1 Leachville · 1 Steele · 1 Caraway · 1 Randolph · 1 Burdette Within 10 mi · 14 Within 20 mi · 22 Within 35 mi · 31
Zach Curlin 1890–1970 American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
EM Eddie Moss born 1948 American football player
KD Kimberly Derrick born 1985 Short-track speed skater
Junior Walker 1931–1995 American saxophonist
CK Cortez Kennedy 1968–2017 Player of American football
Dee Clark 1938–1990 American musician
Son Seals 1942–2004 American electric blues guitarist and singer
William J. Driver 1873–1948 Arkansas politician
Horace Murphy 1880–1975 Actor
KW Kemmons Wilson 1913–2003 American executive
EB Ed Burton 1939–2012 American basketball player
GN Gaylon Nickerson born 1969 American basketball player
Ryan Lance born 2000 American businessperson and board member, CEO of ConocoPhillips
Kathy Webb born 1949 American politician
EB Ed Bruce 1939–2021 American country music songwriter and singer
HD Herman Davis 1888–1923 Soldier
Mel Wright 1928–1983 American baseball pitcher-coach
CB Cloria Brown 1942–2018 American politician
WW Wayne Wagner 1946–2022 Arkansas politician
TY Tom York 1924–2021 American television personality
SC Steve Clark born 1947 American politician
PB Patricia Burton 1932–2018 Basketball player
Nick Bacon 1945–2010 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
WM William Clyde Martin 1893–1984 Bishop
Tommy Cash 1940–2024 American country singer
BS Bill Scrimshire 1938–2024 American politician
JB John Henry Barbee 1905–1964 American Delta blues singer and guitarist
GH George W. Haley 1925–2015 American lawyer and diplomat
Jim Hickman 1937–2016 American baseball player
Noah Lewis 1895–1961 American jug band and country blues musician
Ramon Foster born 1986 Player of American football
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Did you grow up with someone famous from Burdette? → Who should be on this list but isn’t? → From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Burdette 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 (14) Junior Walker: Motown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Tommy Cash: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Dee Clark: Frank C. Fleer Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Son Seals: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons William J. Driver: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Horace Murphy: Supreme Pictures, A. W. Hackel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ryan Lance: Bartolomej Tomic, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Kathy Webb: Tiddled, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jim Hickman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Nick Bacon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Mel Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Noah Lewis: Herald Mosley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ramon Foster: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Zach Curlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons