Famous people · Brighton
Born near Brighton: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Isaac Hayes, born in Covington, 8 mi away, is the closest. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Brighton. Famous people are on record for 231 of the towns in Tennessee. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Isaac Hayes
Best known
Isaac Hayes
in 59 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brighton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brighton
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Sleepy John Estes
1899–1977American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
Olivia Holt
born 1997American actress and singer-songwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brighton 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 (15)
- Isaac Hayes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Holt: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sleepy John Estes: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Hill Garland: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Delk: Acdixon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Hardy: original: Keith Allisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Rider: Rz98, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlos Clark: City of Boston Archives from West Roxbury, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Son Seals: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Homesick James: Masahiro Sumori, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Driver: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Murphy: Supreme Pictures, A. W. Hackel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Irwin: Tony Frampton on Flickr (Original version) 佾珜 (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ingram Stainback: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Rooker: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons