Famous people · Alamo
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Alamo
Abdul Jeelani, born in Bells, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Tina Turner, with articles in 111 languages. The list for Alamo is empty for now. No town in Tennessee lists more than Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Tina Turner
Best known
Tina Turner
in 111 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Alamo’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Alamo
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Steve Fossett
1944–2007American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer
Wink Martindale
1933–2025American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer
Sleepy John Estes
1899–1977American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alamo 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)
- Tina Turner: HBO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Fossett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty Moore: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Jones: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wink Martindale: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sleepy John Estes: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Tanner: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Halliburton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cary Middlecoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor: Cmacauley 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold M. Shaw: Unidentified photographer for Edison Studios in New York, 1912, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Adams: Mykal Burns, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Atkins: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marshall Stone: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons