33 famous people were born within 35 miles of Caulksville
The nearest, Rollie Stiles, was born in Ratcliff, 1 mi away. No famous person on record lists Caulksville as their birthplace yet. Roy Buchanan is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. The longest list of any town in Arkansas belongs to Fort Smith, with 69.
What stands out about Caulksville’s famous people
Famous people born near Caulksville
The 33 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.









Mildred Breedlove
1904–1994American author and Nevada Poet Laureate







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Caulksville 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
- Bob Wootton: Mark Dillman (daddyodilly), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John P. McConnell: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Kemp: Ecallicoat, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Hal Smith: 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
- John Adams: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kiley Dean: chrisweger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Speer: Emmett Francis Collins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons