Taylor Sheridan
born 1970American producer, screenwriter and director
Famous people · Governors Village
Born near Governors Village: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Taylor Sheridan, born in Chapel Hill, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Andrew Johnson, with articles in 145 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Governors Village. No town in North Carolina lists more than Wilmington, with 67.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Andrew Johnson
Best known
Andrew Johnson
in 145 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Governors Village’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Governors Village
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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
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 Governors Village 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 (7)
- 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