Famous people · Silver City
Born near Silver City: 22 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Vince McMahon, with articles in 54 languages. Closest of all is Eric Maynor, from Raeford, 1 mi away. Eric Maynor leads the 10 names listed next door in Raeford. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Silver City.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Vince McMahon
Best known
Vince McMahon
in 54 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Silver City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Silver City
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ellen S. Baker
born 1953American physician and astronaut
William S. McArthur
born 1951United States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Raeford has the most people on record, 10 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Silver City 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)
- Vince McMahon: Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Tyree Henry: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen S. Baker: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. McArthur: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Woody Shaw: Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Rhodes Revels: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Brady Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Smith Jr.: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Vereen: Phil Konstantin at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Sanford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Maynor: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armelia McQueen: NBC Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McMillian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Roswell Hawley: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bejun Mehta: Marco Borggreve, uploaded by Jls9097 at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons