Famous people · Green Level
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Green Level
Closest of all is W. Kerr Scott, from Haw River, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Loudon Wainwright III, with articles in 27 languages. No entry yet names Green Level as a birthplace. Haw River’s list, next door, has 4 names, W. Kerr Scott first among them.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Loudon Wainwright III
Best known
Loudon Wainwright III
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Green Level’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Green Level
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Maury Laws
1923–2019American television and film composer
Emma Tillman
1892–2007Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world
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
Loudon Wainwright III
born 1946American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
Taylor Sheridan
born 1970American producer, screenwriter and director
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Of the towns around it, Haw River has the most on record: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Green Level 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 (13)
- Loudon Wainwright III: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hart Benton: Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Edwards: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Pause: Longbomb / Wilson Wong, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Kerr Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Covington: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Torry Holt: GMO66. Cropped by User:Blueag9., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Everett: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Mitchell: Arturo Pardavila III on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Simpson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hosea Kerr: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Zachary: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons