
Born near Kibler: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Kiley Dean, from Alma, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Budge Patty, with articles in 28 languages. No famous person on record lists Kibler as their birthplace yet. In Arkansas, 237 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Kibler’s famous people
Famous people born near Kibler
The 32 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.











Larry Lester
born 1949American author, historian, statistical researcher, and lecturer specializing in Negro League Baseball




Perry William Wilson
1902–1981American microbiologist and biochemist

Jack C. Montgomery
1917–2002United States Army Medal of Honor recipient


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kibler 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 (18)
- Budge Patty: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Jahlil Okafor: ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Bumpers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Alexander: Hal Phyfe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua L. Wheeler: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Kemp: Ecallicoat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Aubrey Quarles: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John T. Deweese: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawntel Smith: Craig A. Hurst, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Adams: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kiley Dean: chrisweger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack C. Montgomery: PumpkinSky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Rogers: Merk, Ben / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Nelson Pope: Nelson of Fort Worth, Texas via Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaxon Wiggins: Brandonrush, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse G. Vincent: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Lester: Couillaud, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons