Famous people · Pitts
Born near Pitts: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Nick Marshall, born in Pineview, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Roger Kingdom, with articles in 26 languages. No famous person on record lists Pitts as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Georgia belongs to Rome, with 66.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Roger Kingdom
Best known
Roger Kingdom
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pitts’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pitts
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jody Powell
1943–2009White House press secretary to President Jimmy Carter
Betty Shabazz
1934–1997American educator and wife of Malcolm X
Morris Berthold Abram
1918–2000American civil rights lawyer
Frances Mayes
born 1940American university professor and writer
Joseph Hazelwood
1946–2022Captain of Exxon Valdez during its 1989 oil spill
Howell Heflin
1921–2005Democratic United States Senator from Alabama
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pitts 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 (16)
- Roger Kingdom: Stephen V. Russell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Forrest Towns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Sherman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Shabazz: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Williams: Richard Newhouse Marina, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Hudson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Busbee: Georgia Secretary of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howell Heflin: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tempest Storm: Michael Albov, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blowfly: Schorle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jody Powell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Prater: Stax, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ragan: Bulby 2.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Berthold Abram: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hiers: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons