Famous people · Hoopers Creek
Born near Hoopers Creek: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Justin Fontaine, was born in Fletcher, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Thomas Wolfe, with articles in 59 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Hoopers Creek. Next door, the list for Fletcher holds 2, Justin Fontaine first.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Thomas Wolfe
Best known
Thomas Wolfe
in 59 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hoopers Creek’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hoopers Creek
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jim Lampley
born 1949American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner
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Around it, Fletcher has the most people on record, 2 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hoopers Creek 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)
- Thomas Wolfe: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roberta Flack: Atlantic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Noland: Othell O. Owensby Jr. (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bellamy Young: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Daugherty: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Brunson: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allison Jones Rushing: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Lampley: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickey Marvin: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Refenes: Fuad Kamal from Highland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Fontaine: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons