Famous people · Mountain Home
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Mountain Home
Closest of all is Allison Jones Rushing, from Hendersonville, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Thomas Wolfe, with articles in 59 languages. 344 towns in North Carolina have at least one famous person on record. Wilmington has the most of any town in North Carolina: 67.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Thomas Wolfe
Best known
Thomas Wolfe
in 59 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mountain Home’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mountain Home
Nobody born in Mountain Home is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Jim Lampley
born 1949American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain Home 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 (15)
- Thomas Wolfe: Carl Van Vechten, 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
- Moms Mabley: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allison Jones Rushing: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney W. Hamlin: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Taylor: 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
- Henry Franklin Floyd: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Gash: K. Doebler, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Fontaine: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons