Famous people · Sawmills
Born near Sawmills: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Eric Church, born in Granite Falls, 3 mi away, is the closest. Next door, Lenoir lists 17, led by Kary Mullis. The best known of them is Kary Mullis, with articles in 69 languages. No entry yet names Sawmills as a birthplace.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Kary Mullis
Best known
Kary Mullis
in 69 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Sawmills’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Sawmills
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Chad Lail
born 1982American police officer and former professional wrestler
Henlee Hulix Barnette
1911–2004American professor of Christian ethics
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The neighbour with the most names is Lenoir, at 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sawmills 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)
- Kary Mullis: Dona Mapston, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tori Amos: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hughes: USV, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Church: Townsquare Media, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Lail: daysofthundr46, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Jarrett: Kim Phillips from Canal Fulton, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoke Smith: Photo copyrighted by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. No copyright renewal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned Jarrett: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Ervin: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Broyhill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Dillingham: Brady Saylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Knighton: The original uploader was Late1 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Dickerson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Gant: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Wilson Ervin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons