17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Claryville
The nearest, John Brannen, was born in Alexandria, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Adrian Belew, with articles in 30 languages. Ciara Bravo leads the 2 names listed next door in Alexandria. No entry yet names Claryville as a birthplace.
What stands out about Claryville’s famous people
Famous people born near Claryville
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Billy Taylor
1870–1905Baseball third baseman for the Louisville Colonels in 1898



Frederick William Franz
1893–1992American Watch Tower Society president


Louise Southgate
1857–1941Who’s the most famous person from Claryville?
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Alexandria has the most on record: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Claryville 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)
- Adrian Belew: Burton Lo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Una Merkel: Clarence Bull, for MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bunning: From collection of JGHowes, self-scanned for Wikipedia. Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick William Franz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Duveneck: J. Landy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carly Pearce: BruceC007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciara Bravo: Margaret Gardiner, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
