Famous people · Stewart
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Stewart
The nearest, Quentin Pryor, was born in Eupora, 11 mi away. Oprah Winfrey is the most widely known, written about in 135 languages. Across Mississippi, the lists cover 270 towns. Not one famous person on record comes from Stewart yet.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
29 mi
Oprah Winfrey
Best known
Oprah Winfrey
in 135 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stewart’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stewart
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Oprah Winfrey
born 1954American talk show host, actress, producer, and author
James Meredith
born 1933American political activist & writer
Charlie Musselwhite
born 1944American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stewart 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 (16)
- Oprah Winfrey: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Lott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobbie Gentry: Capitol Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald H. Peterson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Hardin: Louisiana State University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Meredith: Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Magic Sam: Eatonland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Musselwhite: Mikesfox, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Parker: Silent Sensei from Santa Cruz, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Oswalt: Tony the Misfit on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pops Staples: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheri Biggs: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Sullivan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Winter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fox Conner: Uknown War Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Van Chancellor: The original uploader was WKU1983 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons