Famous people · White Lake
Born near White Lake: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Curtis Brown, born in Elizabethtown, 7 mi away, is the closest. The longest list of any town in North Carolina belongs to Wilmington, with 67. After Wilmington, the next longest list in North Carolina is Rocky Mount’s, with 55. Not one famous person on record comes from White Lake yet.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Curtis Brown
Best known
Curtis Brown
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about White Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near White Lake
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Thomas Laurens Jones
1819–1887American congressman for Kentucky
Bill Johnson
born 1954American politician and academic administrator
Dewey L. Hill
1925–2023American politician in North Carolina
Willie Parker
born 1980American gridiron football player; running back
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is White Lake 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)
- Curtis Brown: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Dawson: Blake Arledge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Johnson: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Weeks: Philip Vaandrager, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chasity Melvin: Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison McDowell: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Iver McKay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Laurens Jones: Thomas_Laurens_Jones.jpg: Matthew Brady derivative work: Acdixon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Aiken: Patriots_panorama.jpg: Jeffrey Beall derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey L. Hill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Hill: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer L. Lyon: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Brisson: NC House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons