Fred Brooks
1931–2022American computer scientist (1931–2022); author of The Mythical Man-Month and 'No Silver Bullet' (1986), which distinguished essential from accidental complexity in software engineering
Famous people · Stem
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Stem
Fred Brooks, born in Durham, 18 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Andrew Johnson, with articles in 145 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Stem. In North Carolina, 336 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Andrew Johnson
Best known
Andrew Johnson
in 145 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stem’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stem
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Christopher Browning
born 1944American historian of the Holocaust
Charlie Rose
born 1942American TV interviewer and journalist
Thomas Hart Benton
1782–1858State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri
Andrew Johnson
1808–1875President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
Clay Aiken
born 1978American singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
Loudon Wainwright III
born 1946American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
Taylor Sheridan
born 1970American producer, screenwriter and director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stem 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)
- Andrew Johnson: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Rachel Wood: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael C. Hall: Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben E. King: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel McFadden: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Brooks: Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Aiken: Judy Butler Flickr user mystuff1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Buchanan Duke: N/A, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Wescott: http://www.VancityAllie.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loudon Wainwright III: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Rose: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Browning: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Davis: Just Sunshine Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hart Benton: Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons