12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Turrell
Closest of all is Johnnie Taylor, from Crawfordsville, 11 mi away. Morgan Freeman is the most widely known, written about in 127 languages. No entry yet names Turrell as a birthplace. 237 of the towns in Arkansas list at least one person.
What stands out about Turrell’s famous people
Famous people born near Turrell
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Turrell 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 (8)
- 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
- 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
- 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