Famous people · Baconton
Born near Baconton: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Tiger Flowers, born in Camilla, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Ray Charles, with articles in 106 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Baconton. 351 towns in Georgia have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Ray Charles
Best known
Ray Charles
in 106 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Baconton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Baconton
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Paula Deen
born 1947American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress, and television personality
Howell Heflin
1921–2005Democratic United States Senator from Alabama
Walter Washington
1915–2003American politician and former mayor of the District of Columbia
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Baconton 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)
- Ray Charles: William Morris Agency (management)/Photo by Maurice Seymour, New York., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis Redding: Volt Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Robinson: Harry Warnecke / Frank Livia / Robert F. Cranston / William Klein, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Coachman: berria.eus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angelo Taylor: Kerstin Winterkamp from BERLIN, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry James: Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teresa Edwards: USEmbassyMEX, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Phillips: © David Conger :: davidconger.com, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Monk Kidd: MySPNN, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paula Deen: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Toiete Jackson, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buster Posey: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howell Heflin: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Washington: not specified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiger Flowers: Chicago Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Branch Colquitt: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons