Famous people · Marietta
Born near Marietta: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Raymond Felton is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. The nearest, Shaquille Leonard, was born in Nichols, 9 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Marietta is on record yet. The longest list of any town in North Carolina belongs to Wilmington, with 67.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Raymond Felton
Best known
Raymond Felton
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Marietta’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Marietta
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
1944–2023American actress, writer and singer
Ralph Townsend
1900–1976American author, consul, and political activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marietta 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)
- Raymond Felton: Chamber of Fear, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Afeni Shakur: AidaGagnier, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quanera Hayes: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlisle Floyd: White House photo by Susan Sterner., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edolphus Towns: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stonewall Jackson: Columbia Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Crump: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Bristow: Thomas L. Johnson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan George Evans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaquille Leonard: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Hamilton: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Townsend: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Haselden Ellerbe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons