19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Chilton
Closest of all is Bobbi Humphrey, from Marlin, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Jennifer Love Hewitt, with articles in 71 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Chilton. Across Texas, 638 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Chilton’s famous people
Famous people born near Chilton
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Steve Martin
born 1945American comedian, actor, musician and writer



Corinne Griffith
1894–1979American actress, film producer, author

Cindy Walker
1917–2006American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
Frankie Lee
1941–2015American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter


Alvin Ailey
1931–1989African-American dancer, choreographer and activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chilton 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)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashlee Simpson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Wright Mills: Institute for Policy Studies, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Donnall Thomas: Ca.garcia.s, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rip Torn: Alan Light; cropped by Beyond My Ken 07:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Ailey: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Griffith: Vitagraph Company of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons