Famous people · Three Way
Born near Three Way: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Of the bordering towns, Humboldt has the longest list: 10, with Doug Atkins at the top. Doug Atkins, born in Humboldt, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Tina Turner, with articles in 111 languages. In Tennessee, 231 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Tina Turner
Best known
Tina Turner
in 111 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Three Way’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Three Way
The 21 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
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Famous people from the towns next door
Humboldt has the longest list next door: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Three Way 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)
- Tina Turner: HBO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Eddy Arnold: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wink Martindale: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Halliburton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor: Cmacauley 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold M. Shaw: Unidentified photographer for Edison Studios in New York, 1912, Public domain, 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
- Joseph W. Folk: Strauss, St. Louis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons