Famous people · Moncure
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Moncure
The nearest, Kiara Leslie, was born in Holly Springs, 13 mi away. The best known of them is Jeff Hardy, with articles in 50 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Moncure. Across North Carolina, the lists cover 336 towns.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Jeff Hardy
Best known
Jeff Hardy
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Moncure’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Moncure
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Walter Hines Page
1855–1918American journalist, publisher, and diplomat
Loudon Wainwright III
born 1946American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
Taylor Sheridan
born 1970American producer, screenwriter and director
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
Christopher Browning
born 1944American historian of the Holocaust
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Moncure 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)
- Fred Brooks: Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Buchanan Duke: N/A, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Wescott: http://www.VancityAllie.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loudon Wainwright III: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Browning: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty McCreery: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Davis: Just Sunshine Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde McPhatter: General Artists Corporation/Marvin Drager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Bailey: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Curzan: Tanis Coralee Leonhardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Green: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Grimes: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hines Page: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons