
Born near Horseshoe Lake: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Big Walter Horton, born in Horn Lake, 15 mi away, is the closest. So far, no famous person on record was born in Horseshoe Lake. The best known of them is Morgan Freeman, with articles in 127 languages. Across Arkansas, the lists cover 258 towns.
What stands out about Horseshoe Lake’s famous people
Famous people born near Horseshoe Lake
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Doctor Ross
1925–1993American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer












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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Horseshoe Lake 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)
- Morgan Freeman: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aretha Franklin: Atlantic Records (Life time: Published before 1978 without a copyright notice), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathy Bates: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Earl Jones: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannen Doherty: Wilson Cleveland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Hale: MTV UK, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ginnifer Goodwin: User:David Shankbone (David Shankbone), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlaine Harris: OmahaStar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cotton: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Walter Horton: David Goodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luther Allison: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Brown: Original uploader was Sportswikiman at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sonny Weems: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trell Kimmons: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Cage: S.D.S.U. Circle K Club and Alumni & Associates, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons