Famous people · Bath
Born near Bath: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Linda McMahon is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. Closest of all is Little Eva, from Belhaven, 12 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Bath. 342 towns in North Carolina have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
30 mi
Linda McMahon
Best known
Linda McMahon
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bath’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bath
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Churchill deMille
1878–1955American screenwriter and film director
Josephus Daniels
1862–1948American diplomat and newspaper editor
Augustin Daly
1838–1899American playwright and theatre impresario
Linda McMahon
born 1948United States Secretary of Education since 2025
Kevin Williamson
born 1965American screenwriter, director, and producer
Richard Dobbs Spaight
1758–18028th governor of North Carolina
Fred W. Bateman
1916–1999Judge and State Senator from Newport News, Virginia
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bath 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 (12)
- Linda McMahon: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Williamson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. B. Smoove: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Bellamy: NBA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Little Eva: en:Murray the K (real name Murray Kaufman), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murray Hamilton: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Churchill deMille: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josephus Daniels: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Armistead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dobbs Spaight: Ellen Sharples, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustin Daly: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asa Biggs: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons