Born near Wildwood: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Quentin Tarantino is the most widely known, written about in 123 languages. Closest of all is William Michaels, from Alcoa, 6 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Wildwood yet. 237 of the towns in Tennessee list at least one person.
What stands out about Wildwood’s famous people
Famous people born near Wildwood
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




James Agee
1909–1955American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic

Johnny Knoxville
born 1971American stunt performer and actor


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wildwood 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 (7)
- Quentin Tarantino: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Fox: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Hendricks: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Orton: Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Knoxville: www.promiflash.de - Bitte bei Bildverwendung auch Link setzen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gore Verbinski: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lamar Alexander: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio-Renee Bouchard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons