Famous people · Piney Green
Born near Piney Green: 22 famous people within 35 miles
A.J. Styles, born in Jacksonville, 6 mi away, is the closest. Of the bordering towns, Jacksonville has the longest list: 41, with A.J. Styles at the top. Famous people are on record for 339 of the towns in North Carolina. So far, no famous person on record was born in Piney Green.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
A.J. Styles
Best known
A.J. Styles
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Piney Green’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Piney Green
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Furnifold McLendel Simmons
1854–1940American senator for North Carolina
Dennis Mitchell
born 1966American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Linda McMahon
born 1948United States Secretary of Education since 2025
Kevin Williamson
born 1965American screenwriter, director, and producer
Richard Dobbs Spaight
1758–18028th governor of North Carolina
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Around it, Jacksonville has the most people on record, 41 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Piney Green 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 (14)
- A.J. Styles: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda McMahon: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Williamson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Adams: 6tee-zeven, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Bellamy: NBA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Armistead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dobbs Spaight: Ellen Sharples, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamal Shuler: Rootatroman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mario Williams: Lance Cpl. Brandon Love. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Evans: Max Goldberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Sanders: Dave Hogg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Taylor: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Carter: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons