Born near Flat Top Mountain: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Bryan Harvey, was born in Soddy-Daisy, 5 mi away. Bessie Smith is the most widely known, written about in 57 languages. Of the towns next door, Soddy-Daisy lists Bryan Harvey. No famous person on record lists Flat Top Mountain as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about Flat Top Mountain’s famous people
Famous people born near Flat Top Mountain
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Raymond H. Cooley
1916–1947United States Army Medal of Honor recipient







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Famous people from the towns next door
One town around it has anyone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Flat Top Mountain 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 (7)
- Bessie Smith: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralphie May: Alex Archambault, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Boston: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Tanner: Pasarell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamara E. Jernigan: NASA/JSC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Lampson: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Van Hilleary: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons