David Fanning
born 1985American country music singer, songwriter, record producer
Famous people · Taft
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Taft
The nearest, David Fanning, was born in Ardmore, 7 mi away. The best known of them is Jimmy Wales, with articles in 237 languages. No famous person on record lists Taft as their birthplace yet. 230 of the towns in Tennessee list at least one person.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Jimmy Wales
Best known
Jimmy Wales
in 237 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Taft’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Taft
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
John B. Calhoun
1917–1995American ethologist and behavioral researcher
Rick Dempsey
born 1949American professional baseball player, catcher, coach
Walter Herschel Beech
1891–1950American pioneer aviator; co-founder of Beech Aircraft Company
Michael E. Brown
born 1965American planetary astronomer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Taft 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)
- Debby Ryan: MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tallulah Bankhead: Photographer:Talbot (presumably in New York)-rest of stamp is smudged., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael E. Brown: Publishers: Mike Brown prefers the image on his personal website., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Dickens: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Calhoun: Cat Calhoun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Crowe Ransom: Robie Macauley (Transfered by Ravit/Original uploaded by Cmacauley), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kelso: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kira Lewis Jr.: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Randolph: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Herschel Beech: Aviation Related People, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatton W. Sumners: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Dempsey: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willa McCord Blake Eslick: Tennessee State Library & Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William N. Richardson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons