
Born near Trimble: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Ed Jones, born in Yorkville, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Carl Perkins, with articles in 43 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Trimble. The longest list of any town in Tennessee belongs to Chattanooga, with 56.
What stands out about Trimble’s famous people
Famous people born near Trimble
Nobody born in Trimble is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.










Gene Cook
1932–2002American football player, baseball executive, politician



Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.
1916–1998American government official and college president

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trimble 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)
- Carl Perkins: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hayden White: Stanford University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Tanner: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Koko B. Ware: Brandon Oliver, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cary Middlecoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor: Cmacauley 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifton Bledsoe Cates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrieus A. Jones: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Bell: Solidore, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Finley: Jessica Merz (jessicafm) from Novato, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.: Irving Resnikoff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick D. Gardner: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Howard Arnold: U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Jones: U.S. Rep. Ed Jones of Tennessee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons