14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Perry
Bobby Charles, born in Abbeville, 2 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Abbeville lists the most: 14, with Bobby Charles first. The best known of them is Armand Duplantis, with articles in 51 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Perry.
What stands out about Perry’s famous people
Famous people born near Perry
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





Daniel Cormier
born 1979American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist

Johnnie Allan
born 1938American rock musician and pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre

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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Abbeville lists the most people: 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Perry 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)
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Rae: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danneel Ackles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Poirier: TheDurandal42, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Landry: DHSgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Cormier: X2o, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Blanco: David Valdez--HUD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons