Famous people · Medina
Born near Medina: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Doug Atkins, from Humboldt, 6 mi away. Dixie Carter is the most widely known, written about in 63 languages. No entry yet names Medina as a birthplace. In all of Tennessee, the famous people on record come from 236 towns.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Dixie Carter
Best known
Dixie Carter
in 63 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Medina’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Medina
The 29 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Steve Fossett
1944–2007American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer
Wink Martindale
1933–2025American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer
Charles P. Roland
1918–2022American historian and army officer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Medina 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
- Steve Fossett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty Moore: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Jones: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wink Martindale: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor: Cmacauley 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Adams: Mykal Burns, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Atkins: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marshall Stone: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher., 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
- Danny Dill: Not named, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John May Taylor: S. A. Cunningham, editor and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trey Smith: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons