Famous people · Staley
Born near Staley: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Joe Frazier, from Liberty, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Emma Tillman, with articles in 19 languages. 338 of the towns in North Carolina list at least one person. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Staley.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Emma Tillman
Best known
Emma Tillman
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Staley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Staley
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lane Caudell
born 1952American actor and singer-songwriter
Maury Laws
1923–2019American television and film composer
Emma Tillman
1892–2007Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Staley 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 (14)
- Lowell Bailey: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B. Everett Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Kerr Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde Simms: derivative work: Ytoyoda Image:Clyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpgClyde Simms and Zach Wells.jpg: Ben Stanfield from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Charles Manly Stedman: Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heidi N Closet: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Zachary: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Bush: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woody Durham: THE evil fluffyface, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Orville Whitley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Kemp: Mrkwikiedit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons