Famous people · Cove Creek
Born near Cove Creek: 31 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Max Roach, with articles in 38 languages. The nearest, Daniel P. Driscoll, was born in Boone, 8 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Cove Creek is on record yet. The longest list in North Carolina is Wilmington’s, with 67 names.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Max Roach
Best known
Max Roach
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cove Creek’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cove Creek
The 31 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
James E. Holshouser Jr.
1934–201368th governor of North Carolina
Landon Carter Haynes
1816–1875American politician and newspaper editor
William Blount Carter
1792–1848American politician, Tennessee
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cove Creek 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)
- Max Roach: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Robbins: 48states (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Ray Taylor: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Burleson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel P. Driscoll: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- B. Carroll Reece: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert R. Butler: U.S. Government printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Carter Haynes: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bowman: Motion Picture News; Undetermined photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn: C. M. Bells, Washington D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel P. Carter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Davis: Fox Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Brown: Liesel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Goss: Drama Queen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deanna Ballard: NC General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Johnson: Gtphotographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons