
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Spout Springs
The best known of them is Jeff Hardy, with articles in 50 languages. The nearest, Harold Landry, was born in Spring Lake, 7 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Spout Springs yet. In North Carolina, 349 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Spout Springs’ famous people
Famous people born near Spout Springs
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Ellen S. Baker
born 1953American physician and astronaut









Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.
1913–1995United States federal judge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spout Springs 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)
- Brian Tyree Henry: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen S. Baker: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Rhodes Revels: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Smith Jr.: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Paul Green: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Grimes: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McMillian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul S. Atkins: United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Burren Morgan: The original uploader was John English 9999 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Landry: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Lynn Washington: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons