Famous people · Plainville
Born near Plainville: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is McCartney Kessler, from Calhoun, 9 mi away. Sterling Holloway is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. No famous person’s birth in Plainville is on record yet. Across Georgia, 345 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
29 mi
Sterling Holloway
Best known
Sterling Holloway
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Plainville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Plainville
They were born in 7 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
Andy Bean
1953–2023American college golfer, professional golfer, PGA Tour member
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Plainville?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Plainville’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plainville 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 (7)
- 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
- Morris Almond: Bobik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thompson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons