Fred Brooks
1931–2022American computer scientist (1931–2022); author of The Mythical Man-Month and 'No Silver Bullet' (1986), which distinguished essential from accidental complexity in software engineering
Famous people · Gorman
Born near Gorman: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Andrew Johnson is the most widely known, written about in 145 languages. Of the bordering towns, Durham has the longest list: 23, with Fred Brooks at the top. Closest of all is Fred Brooks, from Durham, 7 mi away. The list for Gorman is empty for now.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Andrew Johnson
Best known
Andrew Johnson
in 145 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Gorman’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Gorman
Nobody born in Gorman is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Christopher Browning
born 1944American historian of the Holocaust
Loudon Wainwright III
born 1946American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
Taylor Sheridan
born 1970American producer, screenwriter and director
Thomas Hart Benton
1782–1858State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri
Kenneth Lewis Anderson
1805–1845Lawyer, the fourth and last Vice President of the Republic of Texas
Andrew Johnson
1808–1875President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
Clay Aiken
born 1978American singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gorman 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 (14)
- Andrew Johnson: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Rachel Wood: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael C. Hall: Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel McFadden: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Brooks: Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Aiken: Judy Butler Flickr user mystuff1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Buchanan Duke: N/A, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Wescott: http://www.VancityAllie.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loudon Wainwright III: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Browning: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty McCreery: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Davis: Just Sunshine Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hart Benton: Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde McPhatter: General Artists Corporation/Marvin Drager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons