Famous people · Belvidere
Born near Belvidere: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Dinah Shore, born in Winchester, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Belvidere as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56. After Chattanooga, the next longest list in Tennessee is Jackson’s, with 48.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Dinah Shore
Best known
Dinah Shore
in 41 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Belvidere’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Belvidere
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Templeton
1912–2008American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
Rick Dempsey
born 1949American professional baseball player, catcher, coach
John Morgan Bright
1817–1911Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belvidere 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)
- Dinah Shore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jobyna Ralston: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Lynch: Max Goldberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kelso: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Cleveland: Quad Wing, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kira Lewis Jr.: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatton W. Sumners: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Dempsey: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willa McCord Blake Eslick: Tennessee State Library & Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Calhoun Bell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Morgan Bright: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben Davis: Vannerson, Julian, 1827-, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Morris: Arturo Pardavila III on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons