Mary Treat
1830–1923American biologist, botanist and entomologist
Famous people · Jacksonville
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Jacksonville
The nearest, Mary Treat, was born in Trumansburg, 3 mi away. The best known of them is David Foster Wallace, with articles in 56 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Jacksonville yet. Across New York, 1,300 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
David Foster Wallace
Best known
David Foster Wallace
in 56 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Jacksonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Jacksonville
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Adrian Pearsall
1925–2011American architect and furniture designer
Curry Hicks
1885–1964American football coach, college athletics administrator, professor of physical education
David Foster Wallace
1962–2008American fiction writer and essayist
Alex Haley
1921–1992American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jacksonville 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 (8)
- David Foster Wallace: Steve Rhodes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Haley: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Geller: ServiceAT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Dake: National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Brown: JulieAndSteve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Treat: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Cole: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bascom: Book Author: Samuel Atkins Elliot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons