Richard Russell Jr.
1897–197166th Governor of Georgia (1931–1933), U.S. Senator from Georgia
Famous people · Russell
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Russell
Richard Russell Jr., born in Winder, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Frances Conroy, with articles in 42 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Russell. In Georgia, 353 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Frances Conroy
Best known
Frances Conroy
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Russell’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Russell
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Russell?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Russell’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Russell 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 (8)
- Frances Conroy: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walker Zimmerman: Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezzard Charles: Distributed by ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Russell Jr.: United States Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred H. Colquitt: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Javianne Oliver: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Moss: Dave Sizer on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownie Wise: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons