Famous people · Cordova
Born near Cordova: 22 famous people within 35 miles
John Coltrane is the most widely known, written about in 73 languages. Closest of all is Cameron A. Morrison, from Rockingham, 3 mi away. The list for Cordova is empty for now. In all of North Carolina, the famous people on record come from 344 towns.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
John Coltrane
Best known
John Coltrane
in 73 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cordova’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cordova
Nobody born in Cordova is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Marian Wright Edelman
born 1939American activist for children's rights
William S. McArthur
born 1951United States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cordova 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)
- John Coltrane: Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dizzy Gillespie: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. McArthur: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Thornton: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woody Shaw: Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marian Wright Edelman: Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco, CA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Vereen: Phil Konstantin at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Sanford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Junkyard Dog: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Roswell Hawley: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bejun Mehta: Marco Borggreve, uploaded by Jls9097 at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron A. Morrison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Ingram: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Pollock: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Wright: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Terry: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons