Famous people · Big Sandy
Born near Big Sandy: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Cherry Jones, born in Paris, 13 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Big Sandy as their birthplace yet. The best known of them is Dixie Carter, with articles in 63 languages. In Tennessee, 231 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
32 mi
Dixie Carter
Best known
Dixie Carter
in 63 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Big Sandy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Big Sandy
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Murray Bowen
1913–1990American psychiatrist, family therapist, and systemic therapist
Ned McWherter
1930–2011Governor of Tennessee & Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Big Sandy 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)
- Dixie Carter: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Jones: Kathleen Tyler Conklin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leigh-Allyn Baker: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie DeShannon: a nameless yeast, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howell Edmunds Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned McWherter: PH2 CARL DUVALL, USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James D. Porter: Washington Bogart Cooper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Willis: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons