28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Sardis
Douglas MacArthur is the most widely known, written about in 113 languages. Closest of all is Robert M. Utley, from Bauxite, 6 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Sardis is on record yet. The Arkansas lists hold names for 257 towns.
What stands out about Sardis’ famous people
Famous people born near Sardis
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Douglas MacArthur
1880–1964United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea

Chelsea Clinton
born 1980American author and global health advocate

John Michael Jumper
born 1985American chemist and AI expert



John L. McClellan
1896–1977American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Senator from Arkansas


David Delano Glover
1868–1952Arkansas lawyer and politician



A. J. Burnett
born 1977Baseball player from the United States
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sardis 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 (14)
- Douglas MacArthur: Photographer not credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelsea Clinton: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Michael Jumper: John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Lauren Adams: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Johnson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason White: Ceedub13, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. McClellan: Congressional Portrait Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Moore: Matthew Fink, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Burnett: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Lee: artolog on Flickr User Fui in terra aliena (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Tuck: Sunday Oregonian newspaper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Smith: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judd Deere: Ngholla1968, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Hamilton: Chriswilson76, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons