Famous people · Brookford
Born near Brookford: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Chris Hughes, from Hickory, 3 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Brookford is on record yet. The best known of them is Kary Mullis, with articles in 69 languages. Over the border in Hickory, 35 names are on record, led by Chris Hughes.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Kary Mullis
Best known
Kary Mullis
in 69 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brookford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brookford
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Chad Lail
born 1982American police officer and former professional wrestler
J. Pinckney Henderson
1808–1858First Governor of the State of Texas
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The best known from each town bordering Brookford.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookford 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)
- Kary Mullis: Dona Mapston, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tori Amos: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hughes: USV, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Church: Townsquare Media, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Lail: daysofthundr46, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Jarrett: Kim Phillips from Canal Fulton, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoke Smith: Photo copyrighted by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. No copyright renewal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Pinckney Henderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned Jarrett: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Cleamons: File:Lakers White House.jpg: Jason Rosenberg derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Broyhill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Dillingham: Brady Saylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Knighton: The original uploader was Late1 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Dickerson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Gant: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons