Famous people · Conway
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Conway
Dwight Stephenson, born in Murfreesboro, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Chris Daughtry, with articles in 25 languages. No famous person’s birth in Conway is on record yet. 339 of the towns in North Carolina list at least one person.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Chris Daughtry
Best known
Chris Daughtry
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Conway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Conway
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Julian Myrick
1880–1969American insurance salesman and tennis promoter
Marshall Parker
1922–2008American politician in South Carolina
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
1890–1964North Carolina politician; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient
Jim Gillette
1917–1990Professional American football halfback in the National Football League 1940 to 1948
Chris Daughtry
born 1979American musician and American Idol contestant
Colgate Darden
1897–1981American congressman and governor of Virginia
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Conway 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 (8)
- Chris Daughtry: LUIS BLANCO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Bazemore: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grizzard: The Bureau of Industrial Service for CBS Television. The Bureau, a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam, was widely used by those in the television industry in the 1950s and 1960s for distributing publicity material., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hudson: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Brown: No machine-readable author provided. Gyrofrog assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Amber O'Neal: Hypnotica Studios from Atlantic City . New Jersey, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colgate Darden: "Daily Press" newspaper (Newport News, VA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Delaney Rudd: The Chronicle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons