
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Conway
The nearest, Emma Myers, was born in Orlando, 2 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Conway. Emma Myers leads the 24 names listed next door in Orlando. The longest list of any town in Florida belongs to St. Petersburg, with 57.
What stands out about Conway’s famous people
Famous people born near Conway
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.









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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Orlando has the most people on record, 24 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Conway 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 (9)
- Emma Myers: 티비텐 TV10, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delta Burke: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Traylor Howard: Spc. Jon H. Arguello, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Locke: John Mueller, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dax McCarty: F. Vera | DailyHarrison.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Kuchar: AJGA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dee Strange-Gordon: bridgetds on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deacon Jones: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob May: WLS-AM 890, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
