Famous people · Walthall
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Walthall
The nearest, Glenn Hardin, was born in Derma, 17 mi away. The best known of them is Jerry Rice, with articles in 38 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Walthall. Hattiesburg has the most of any town in Mississippi: 75.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Jerry Rice
Best known
Jerry Rice
in 38 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Walthall
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Walthall 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)
- Jerry Rice: Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States, 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
- Hayes Jones: International newsreel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bukka White: Eatonland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Magic Sam: Eatonland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Outlaw: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Parker: Silent Sensei from Santa Cruz, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Eubanks: Frenchieinportland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Oswalt: Tony the Misfit on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Jones: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pops Staples: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Winter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons