Famous people · Decaturville
Born near Decaturville: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Calvin Garrett, from Parsons, 5 mi away. Eddy Arnold is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Decaturville. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
32 mi
Eddy Arnold
Best known
Eddy Arnold
in 22 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Decaturville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Decaturville
They were born in 15 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Whitney Duncan
born 1984American country music singer and reality television contestant
Thomas Sigismund Stribling
1881–1965American author and lawyer
Robert Selph Henry
1889–1970American lawyer, railroad executive and historian
Dorsey B. Hardeman
1902–1992American politician and businessman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Decaturville 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)
- Eddy Arnold: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Patterson: Trailer screenshot (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Sigismund Stribling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitney Duncan: Caldorwards4, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. S. Holland: Colinedward828, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Garrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Shelton White: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. (Photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey Phillips: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Gilbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. McCall: Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin A. Enloe: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buford Pusser: Matewan at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde Milan: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Dill: Not named, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John May Taylor: S. A. Cunningham, editor and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons