Famous people · Stantonville
Born near Stantonville: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Buford Pusser, born in Adamsville, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Earle Meadows, with articles in 25 languages. No famous person on record lists Stantonville as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Earle Meadows
Best known
Earle Meadows
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stantonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stantonville
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Barnhill
1903–1973American college football coach, college athletic director
Otis L. Floyd
1928–1993African-American university administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stantonville 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 (12)
- Earle Meadows: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Brewer: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Patterson: Trailer screenshot (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Turner: CBS Radio (Columbia Broadcasting System)/photo by Maurice Seymour, Chicago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. S. Holland: Colinedward828, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey Phillips: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill G. Lowrey: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buford Pusser: Matewan at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank DeBerry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Barnhill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hampton: James Dima, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Hardin: Baltimore Orioles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons