Famous people · Lyerly
Born near Lyerly: 31 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Senorise Perry, was born in Summerville, 6 mi away. Sterling Holloway is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. No famous person’s birth in Lyerly is on record yet. The longest list in Georgia is Rome’s, with 66 names.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Sterling Holloway
Best known
Sterling Holloway
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lyerly’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lyerly
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Arn Anderson
born 1958American professional wrestler, road agent and author
William Hale
1931–2020American film director and television director
Philip Ober
1902–1982American stage, film and television actor
Eric L. Haney
born 1952Retired member of the United States Army counterterrorist unit
Ronald H. Griffith
1936–201826th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Andy Bean
1953–2023American college golfer, professional golfer, PGA Tour member
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyerly 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 (22)
- Sterling Holloway: NBC. Bureau of Industrial Service was a division of advertising agency Yong & Rubicam. Many television and radio publicity photos were distributed by this agency on behalf of networks and sponsors. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Butch Walker: Scott Penner from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Hunt: Jessxtn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arn Anderson: John McKeon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McCartney Kessler: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thompson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Stephen Morrison: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Ober: RKO Radio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Reeves: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Stinson: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Chubb: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Flock: Freewheeling Daredevil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Harris: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Boudinot: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Nelson: Spc. Benhur Ayettey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James S. Davenport: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Beasley: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. Burnett: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald H. Griffith: The original uploader was Nobunaga24 at English Wikipedia. (Original text: U.S. Army), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric L. Haney: Mark Bentley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Pruitt: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Senorise Perry: original: U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret on behalf of 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reservederivative: Diddykong1130, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons