Famous people · Spencer
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Spencer
The best known of them is JJ Redick, with articles in 31 languages. No famous person’s birth in Spencer is on record yet. Closest of all is James W. Throckmorton, from Sparta, 14 mi away. 233 towns across Tennessee can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
JJ Redick
Best known
JJ Redick
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Spencer’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Spencer
Nobody born in Spencer is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Raymond H. Cooley
1916–1947United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Stormi Henley
born 1990Beauty pageant contestant, model, and singer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spencer 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 (13)
- JJ Redick: Verse Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Ann Emery: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjorie Weaver: Macfadden Publications, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Rose: Hillsource427, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eldridge Odom: Russell Roederer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. Throckmorton: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Van Hilleary: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Stewart: The original uploader was John English 9999 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stormi Henley: David Shankbone from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Houston Savage: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Foster V. Brown: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Gibbs Dibrell: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam D. McReynolds: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons