Famous people · Four Oaks
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Four Oaks
Closest of all is Gregory Helms, from Smithfield, 6 mi away. Link Wray is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Four Oaks. Across North Carolina, 336 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Link Wray
Best known
Link Wray
in 35 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Four Oaks’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Four Oaks
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Dodd
1869–1940American historian and ambassador to Germany
Curley Bridges
1934–2014American electric blues, rock-and-roll, and rhythm-and-blues singer, pianist and songwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Four Oaks 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)
- Link Wray: Dxede5x, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Helms: Mshake3 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty McCreery: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Debbi Morgan: Operation Prime Time, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Walcott: The original uploader was One Salient Oversight at English Wikipedia. Later versions were uploaded by Ibaranoff24 at en.wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Green: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Dodd: International News Service (Chicago, IL), creator and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Clark: Tom Hagerty, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Lee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul S. Atkins: United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Burren Morgan: The original uploader was John English 9999 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayman Britt: Unidentified (Michiganensian is the University of Michigan yearbook published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conor Donovan: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nyheim Hines: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valerie Ashby: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons