Famous people · Putney
Born near Putney: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Ray Charles, from Albany, 8 mi away. No famous person on record lists Putney as their birthplace yet. 344 towns across Georgia can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Georgia is Rome’s, with 66 names.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Ray Charles
Best known
Ray Charles
in 106 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Putney
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Putney 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)
- Ray Charles: William Morris Agency (management)/Photo by Maurice Seymour, New York., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis Redding: Volt Records, Public domain, 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
- Phillip Phillips: © David Conger :: davidconger.com, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Monk Kidd: MySPNN, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons