Famous people · Goldston
30 famous people were born within 35 miles of Goldston
Closest of all is Edd Nye, from Gulf, 3 mi away. Jeff Hardy is the most widely known, written about in 50 languages. The list for Goldston is empty for now. Across North Carolina, 339 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Jeff Hardy
Best known
Jeff Hardy
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Goldston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Goldston
Nobody born in Goldston is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Steve Jones
born 1951American football running back from the United States
William Joseph Franks
1830–1880United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Goldston 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 (10)
- Lowell Bailey: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Grimes: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B. Everett Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Leslie: Verse Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Manly Stedman: Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heidi N Closet: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Orville Whitley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. McIver: U.S. Army Signal Corps (1917), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosa Gill: State of North Carolina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Iredell Waddell: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons