Famous people · Oak Ridge
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Oak Ridge
Patrick Ball, born in Summerfield, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Chris Paul, with articles in 56 languages. Next door, the list for Greensboro holds 41, John Isner first. No entry yet names Oak Ridge as a birthplace.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Chris Paul
Best known
Chris Paul
in 56 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Oak Ridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Oak Ridge
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Codi Miller-McIntyre
born 1994American-Bulgarian basketball player
Ben Witherington III
born 1951American religion academic
Kathryn Grayson
1922–2010American actress and coloratura soprano
Ted Budd
born 1971United States Senator from North Carolina since 2023
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Ridge 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 (20)
- Chris Paul: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Isner: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pam Grier: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B.o.B: The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Ehle: Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Grayson: Virgil Hall Apger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fantasia Barrino: Jyle Dupuis from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loretta Lynch: United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob McAdoo: Erik_Spoelstra_and_Heat_players_huddle.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gianluca Busio: Jamie Smed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Budd: Office of Senator Ted Budd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Richardson-Bergsma: adrian8_8, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Appling: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wil Myers: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Vickers: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Witherington III: asburyseminary.edu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Lane: jenniferlinneaphotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde Simms: derivative work: Ytoyoda Image:Clyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpgClyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpg: Ben Stanfield from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Simpson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons