
Born near Holiday Island: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Helen Gurley Brown is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Closest of all is Pat Burrell, from Eureka Springs, 5 mi away. No entry yet names Holiday Island as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Arkansas belongs to Fort Smith, with 69.
What stands out about Holiday Island’s famous people
Famous people born near Holiday Island
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Marcellus Holmes Chiles
1895–1918United States Army Medal of Honor recipient


John Wilson Ross
1863–1945Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from November 13, 1918 to January 6, 1919





Helen Gurley Brown
1922–2012American author, publisher, and businesswoman

David Crockett Graham
1884–1961American Baptist missionary, anthropologist, educator, archeologist, curator, author, and field collector

Who’s the most famous person from Holiday Island?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Holiday Island’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holiday Island 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 (11)
- Helen Gurley Brown: John Bottega, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Burrell: SD Dirk on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Crockett Graham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George William Fullerton: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Lampe: Missouri News Horizon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durward Gorham Hall: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcellus Holmes Chiles: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Easley: Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa McFerrin: University of Memphis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Costner: JPetrlík, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry D. Ross: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons