Born near Iron City: 17 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Faye Dunaway, with articles in 75 languages. Dan Land, born in Donalsonville, 4 mi away, is the closest. Famous people are on record for 356 of the towns in Georgia. Not one famous person on record comes from Iron City yet.
What stands out about Iron City’s famous people
Famous people born near Iron City
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Norman Thagard
born 1943United States Marine Corps officer, aviator and astronaut

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Iron 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 (5)
- Faye Dunaway: JacobsT21, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Thagard: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Goldsboro: United Artists Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Smith: Victoria Morse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ross: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons