Famous people · Yuma
Born near Yuma: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Dixie Carter is the most widely known, written about in 63 languages. Closest of all is John E. McCall, from Clarksburg, 4 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Yuma. No town in Tennessee lists more than Chattanooga, with 56.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Dixie Carter
Best known
Dixie Carter
in 63 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Yuma’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Yuma
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
H. T. Collier
1876–1935American football player and coach, baseball player
Whitney Duncan
born 1984American country music singer and reality television contestant
Bobby Jones
born 1939Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yuma 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)
- Dixie Carter: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Willis: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitney Duncan: Caldorwards4, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Marshall Stone: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Garrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Gilbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. McCall: Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons