Famous people · Drakesboro
Born near Drakesboro: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Miles Heizer, born in Greenville, 7 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Drakesboro yet. Across Kentucky, the lists cover 237 towns. The longest list of any town in Kentucky belongs to Covington, with 54.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Miles Heizer
Best known
Miles Heizer
in 35 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Drakesboro’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Drakesboro
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jonathan E. Spilman
1812–1896Kentucky lawyer, minister, and composer
John Oldham
1923–2020American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Demetrious Johnson
born 1986American mixed martial artist
Terry Bisson
1942–2024American science fiction and fantasy author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Drakesboro 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)
- Miles Heizer: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Monroe: Norran Lamberson. Waylon at de.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Demetrious Johnson: Onlyfans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Bisson: George Kelly, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Laffoon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virgil Earp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Courtney Curran: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard P. Bland: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addie McPhail: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Harreld: The original uploader was AmericanIndependence at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glover H. Cary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Earp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leva Bates: Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Ford: MikeUMA at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everette B. Howard: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons