Clifford Dukes
born 1981Player of American and Canadian football
Famous people · Callaway
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Callaway
The nearest, Clifford Dukes, was born in Lexington Park, 5 mi away. Alfred Gough is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Callaway. No town in Maryland lists more than Frederick, with 55.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Alfred Gough
Best known
Alfred Gough
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Callaway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Callaway
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Alfred Gough
born 1967American screenwriter and producer
James R. Lewis
1949–2022Writer and academic specializing in various religious movements
Thomas Parran, Jr.
1892–1968Surgeon General of the United States
Jerome Adams
born 1974Surgeon General of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Thomas Wyatt Turner
1877–1978Founding member of NAACP, botanist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Callaway 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 (14)
- Alfred Gough: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Adams: U.S. Public Health Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Joseph Fenwick: James Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T.J. Carter: Savvasg21, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torrey Smith: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Atkinson Jones: Work of the US federal government and therefore in the public domain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry St. George Tucker: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dorsey: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Wyatt Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Mirvish: The original uploader was Gilabrand at English Wikipedia.; cropped by Before My Ken 03:30, 16 May 2009 (UTC), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis L. Goldstein: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Y. Jameson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Parran, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Saunders Crowdy: William T. Ellis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons