Walter H. Dalton
born 1949American politician in North Carolina
Famous people · Ruth
Born near Ruth: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Walter H. Dalton, from Rutherfordton, 2 mi away. Next door, the list for Rutherfordton holds 5, Sherry Hursey first. Nina Simone is the most widely known, written about in 85 languages. No famous person’s birth in Ruth is on record yet.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Nina Simone
Best known
Nina Simone
in 85 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ruth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ruth
The 29 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gerald R. Murray
born 1956Chief Master Sergeant of the US Air Force
Nina Simone
1933–2003American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist
Thomas E. Atkins
1921–1999United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ruth 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 (13)
- Nina Simone: Ron Kroon for Anefo Restored by Bammesk, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Venson Hamilton: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal R. Fox: Sister Circle TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Gray: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Wilson: Debi Del Grande, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Coffey: dbking on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter H. Dalton: Elon University, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald R. Murray: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris McHone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlos Watkins: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Atkins: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler White: Arturo Pardavila III on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hamrick: Smart Mark Greene, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons