Famous people · Jacob City
Born near Jacob City: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Neal Anderson, was born in Graceville, 8 mi away. The best known of them is Faye Dunaway, with articles in 75 languages. No famous person’s birth in Jacob City is on record yet. St. Petersburg’s 57 names make the longest list in Florida.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Faye Dunaway
Best known
Faye Dunaway
in 75 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Jacob City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Jacob City
The 30 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Norman Thagard
born 1943United States Marine Corps officer, aviator and astronaut
Johnnie Bassett
1935–2012American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Dixie Howell
1912–1971American football and baseball player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jacob City 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 (15)
- Faye Dunaway: JacobsT21, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Thagard: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna D'Errico: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dderrico&action=edit&redlink=1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Mack Brown: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Artis Gilmore: Mark Bruner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Goldsboro: United Artists Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Cain: Steve Paluch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Walker: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Thomas: Tech Deck, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Hamilton: Betsafe-LKL TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnnie Bassett: CedarBendDrive, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hall Milton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Walker: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Ward: Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Boy Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons