Famous people · Hollow Rock
Born near Hollow Rock: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Patrick Willis, born in Bruceton, 1 mi away, is the closest. Next door, Bruceton lists one, Patrick Willis. The best known of them is Dixie Carter, with articles in 63 languages. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Dixie Carter
Best known
Dixie Carter
in 63 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hollow Rock’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hollow Rock
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bobby Jones
born 1939Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee
John Hall Buchanan, Jr.
1928–2018Former U.S. representative from Alabama
Murray Bowen
1913–1990American psychiatrist, family therapist, and systemic therapist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Bruceton has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hollow Rock 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)
- Dixie Carter: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Jones: Kathleen Tyler Conklin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howell Edmunds Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James D. Porter: Washington Bogart Cooper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Willis: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lin Dunn: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Pyle: MMA Fight, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marshall Stone: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Garrett: Public domain, 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
- John Hall Buchanan, Jr.: Gate44o, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John May Taylor: S. A. Cunningham, editor and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rice Alexander Pierce: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons