
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Camargo
Ernie Fletcher, born in Mount Sterling, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Harry Dean Stanton, with articles in 51 languages. No famous person on record lists Camargo as their birthplace yet. In Kentucky, 222 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Camargo’s famous people
Famous people born near Camargo
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Allen Tate
1899–1979American poet, essayist and social commentator











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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Camargo 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 (15)
- Harry Dean Stanton: charlie llewellin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Thomas: Eric Draper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kit Carson: Mathew Brady or Levin C. Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Kelly: Al Adamson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Fletcher: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bell Hood: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Galt: Creator:Charles Grey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David R. Francis: Strauss, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James B. McCreary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Pressman: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lee D. Ewing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stuart Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Duncan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orville Hickman Browning: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Walton West: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons