Famous people · Lonsdale
Born near Lonsdale: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Clifton Williams, was born in Traskwood, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Billy Bob Thornton, with articles in 65 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Lonsdale yet. 244 of the towns in Arkansas list at least one person.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Billy Bob Thornton
Best known
Billy Bob Thornton
in 65 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lonsdale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lonsdale
The 30 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Billy Bob Thornton
born 1955American actor, filmmaker, and musician
George Cole
1906–1978American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
E. Alice Taylor
1892–1986African-American entrepreneur, teacher, and community organizer
David Delano Glover
1868–1952Arkansas lawyer and politician
John L. McClellan
1896–1977American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Senator from Arkansas
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lonsdale 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 (13)
- Billy Bob Thornton: Emmanuelle CHOUSSY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Ladd: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Rector: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. McClellan: Congressional Portrait Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Moore: Matthew Fink, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Westerman: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Jones: File:Ronny Turiaf at the line.jpg: eric molina derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran Bennett: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Lee: artolog on Flickr User Fui in terra aliena (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Burrow: Acdixon, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winston Bryant: Mena High School, Arkansas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Tuck: Sunday Oregonian newspaper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Smith: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons