Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Best known
Cory Edwards
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Chesterfield’s famous people ★ What stands out · Close to home Famous people born near Chesterfield The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
10 mi 20 mi 35 mi Anderson · 5 Alexandria · 5 Pendleton · 5 Middletown · 4 Yorktown · 2 Chesterfield Within 10 mi · 13 Within 35 mi · 24
MB Melvin E. Biddle 1923–2010 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
CE Cory Edwards born 1968 American film director and comedian
Gary Burton born 1943 American vibraphonist
Mack Mattingly born 1931 American politician
ZA Zachary Abel born 1980 American television actor
RE Ray Enright 1896–1965 American film director, screenwriter and film editor
Carl Erskine 1926–2024 American baseball player
CA Carl Anderson 1913–2001 American professional basketball player
John Hazelton Cotteral 1864–1933 United States federal judge
JW John Wright 1921–2008 American basketball player
TH Ted Haggard born 1956 American minister
JP Jack Parkinson 1924–1997 American basketball player
Harold Cummins 1893–1976 American scientist
Bill Gaither born 1936 American singer and songwriter
WT Walter Dorwin Teague 1883–1960 American designer
Kellen Dunham born 1993 American basketball player
WW William Walker 1896–1992 US actor
Fred Wilt 1920–1994 American track and field athlete
RR Robert L. Rock 1927–2013 American politician
Joey Feek 1975–2016 American country music singer and songwriter
Joseph Swain 1857–1927 American academic and ichthyologist
AC Andrew J. Cummins 1868–1923 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DG Danny Gaither 1938–2001 American singer
Isabel Withers 1896–1968 American actress
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chesterfield 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 (11) Gary Burton: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Mack Mattingly: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bill Gaither: Original uploader was Pombeman at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Carl Erskine: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Kellen Dunham: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Fred Wilt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Isabel Withers: Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Harold Cummins: Fantuzzi, Roberto, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Joey Feek: Burningkarma, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Joseph Swain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John Hazelton Cotteral: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons