Born near Elliott: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Lucie Campbell, born in Duck Hill, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Donna Tartt, with articles in 60 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Elliott yet. Famous people are on record for 268 of the towns in Mississippi.
What stands out about Elliott’s famous people
Famous people born near Elliott
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.














Hubert Sumlin
1931–2011American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
Betty Everett
1939–2001American recording artist; soul singer and pianist

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elliott 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)
- Donna Tartt: Antonio Monda, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Lott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Juanita Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks: Trackinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald H. Peterson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Hardin: Louisiana State University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Sumlin: Lionel decoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guitar Slim: http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/guitar-slim.html, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Magic Sam: Eatonland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Parker: Silent Sensei from Santa Cruz, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pops Staples: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Sullivan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Winter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fox Conner: Uknown War Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph D. Sayers: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons