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Famous people · Sugar Mountain

23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Sugar Mountain

The best known of them is Kary Mullis, with articles in 69 languages. Anna Mae Flynn, born in Banner Elk, 2 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Sugar Mountain yet. The longest list of any town in North Carolina belongs to Wilmington, with 67.

#1 best knownKary MullisScience & Medicine · 1944–2019
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Born nearby
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within 35 miles
Closest
25 mi
Kary Mullis
Best known
Kary Mullis
in 69 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Sugar Mountain’s famous people

Close to home23 notable people were born within 35 miles of Sugar Mountain.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Sugar Mountain

They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miBoone · 5Banner Elk · 2Crossnore · 2Butler · 2Spruce Pine · 2Mountain City · 2Lenoir · 2Elizabethton · 2Newland · 1West Jefferson · 1Sugar Mountain
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sugar Mountain 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.

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