Famous people · Red Oak
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Red Oak
Roy Cooper, born in Nashville, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Thelonious Monk, with articles in 61 languages. 339 towns in North Carolina have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Red Oak yet.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Thelonious Monk
Best known
Thelonious Monk
in 61 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Red Oak
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Red Oak 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)
- Thelonious Monk: William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braxton Bragg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Cooper: NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saxby Chambliss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Montrezl Harrell: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buck Williams: Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eaton: Posthumes Porträt von de:Robert Walter Weir (1803–1889) aus dem Jahre 1873, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Ford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. K. Butterfield: Sizzlipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Shelton: Scott Davis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay Kyser: Film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Macon: Robert David Gauley (American, 1875-1943), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Bailey: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons