Moses Grandy
1786–1843African American author, abolitionist, and slave
Famous people · Grandy
Born near Grandy: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Moses Grandy, from Camden, 17 mi away. The best known of them is Edward Snowden, with articles in 117 languages. No famous person’s birth in Grandy is on record yet. Wilmington has the most of any town in North Carolina: 67.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Edward Snowden
Best known
Edward Snowden
in 117 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grandy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grandy
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Edward Snowden
born 1983American whistleblower and former NSA contractor
Louise Nixon Sutton
1925–2006African-American mathematician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grandy 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 (11)
- Edward Snowden: Free Software Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catfish Hunter: Tony the Marine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Pool: The original uploader was Kevin Saff at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee J. Carter: Mark Hanzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dear: Mahler~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Williams: Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Sanders: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Gregory Skinner: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1890, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Basnight: NC General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. B. Albertson: Rogers, A. D. .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emanuel Davis: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons