Famous people · Pleasant View
Born near Pleasant View: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Bert James, from Coopertown, 5 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Pleasant View is on record yet. Robert Penn Warren is the most widely known, written about in 49 languages. Of the bordering towns, Coopertown has a list, with Bert James.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Robert Penn Warren
Best known
Robert Penn Warren
in 49 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pleasant View’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pleasant View
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert Penn Warren
1905–1989American poet, novelist, and literary critic
Ernest William Goodpasture
1886–1960American pathologist and physician
George Washington Ewing
1808–1888American politician, Kentucky
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant View 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 (14)
- Robert Penn Warren: Ephemera, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Robertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Summitt: Staff Sgt. Christina M. O'Connell. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rogan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Jenkins: File:Chris Singleton John Jenkins.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Chrishmt0423, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest William Goodpasture: U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Roe: US House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trenton Hassell: Colin from Los Angeles, USA, aka TheTruthAbout... on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Zimmerman: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph W. Byrns: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Patterson-Sewell: Diego Valenzuela's Photos from Buenos Aires, Argentina, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tracy Smothers: Smart Mark Greene at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harding Jackson: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons