Famous people · Ruffin
27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Ruffin
Closest of all is Donna Edwards, from Yanceyville, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, with articles in 40 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Ruffin. Across North Carolina, the lists cover 354 towns.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Best known
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ruffin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ruffin
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
1879–1964First female Member of Parliament to take her seat
Richard Benjamin Harrison
1941–2018American pawnbroker and television personality
Emma Tillman
1892–2007Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world
Maury Laws
1923–2019American television and film composer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ruffin 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)
- Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Edwards: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rice: Filberthockey at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cook: Jgc2633, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Williams: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Benjamin Harrison: Kristen Wong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hamilton Lewis: Louis Betts;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Kerr Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Covington: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Torry Holt: GMO66. Cropped by User:Blueag9., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Everett: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Mitchell: Arturo Pardavila III on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Simpson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hosea Kerr: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons