Famous people · Powellsville
Born near Powellsville: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Harriet Jacobs is the most widely known, written about in 30 languages. The nearest, Ella Mitchell, was born in Ahoskie, 5 mi away. No famous person on record lists Powellsville as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in North Carolina belongs to Wilmington, with 67.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Harriet Jacobs
Best known
Harriet Jacobs
in 30 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Powellsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Powellsville
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
1890–1964North Carolina politician; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient
William Blount
1749–1800American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution
William Nathan Harrell Smith
1812–1889American politician
Julian Myrick
1880–1969American insurance salesman and tennis promoter
Harriet Jacobs
1815–1897American slave, writer, and abolitionist
William Allen
1803–1879American politician, 31st Governor of Ohio
Louise Nixon Sutton
1925–2006African-American mathematician
Joseph John Martin
1833–1900(1833-1900) United States Representative of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Powellsville 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)
- Harriet Jacobs: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Bazemore: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Blount: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Allen: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catfish Hunter: Tony the Marine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amber O'Neal: Hypnotica Studios from Atlantic City . New Jersey, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Asa Biggs: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ballance: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Perry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Penelope Barker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph John Martin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Gregory Skinner: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1890, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nathan Harrell Smith: Philadelphia: C. Robson & Co., publishers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Manning Jr.: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons