Photo: Leonard J. DeFrancisci · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people born near Pinehurst
Of the bordering towns, Southern Pines has the longest list: 7, with Armelia McQueen at the top. No famous person on record lists Pinehurst as their birthplace yet. The longest list in North Carolina is Wilmington’s, with 67 names. Rocky Mount has the second-longest list in North Carolina, after Wilmington, with 55.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pinehurst), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pinehurst has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Pinehurst
Of the towns around it, Southern Pines has the most on record: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pinehurst and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- Armelia McQueen: NBC Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bennie McRae: Photographer not named (unattributed photographs in the 1962 Michiganensian were taken by students working on the Michiganensian staff), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons