Born near Mountain City: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Junior Coffey, from Kyle, 3 mi away. Junior Coffey leads the 6 names listed next door in Kyle. The best known of them is Ethan Hawke, with articles in 81 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Mountain City.
What stands out about Mountain City’s famous people
Famous people born near Mountain City
Nobody born in Mountain City is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.












Stone Cold Steve Austin
born 1964American professional wrestler and actor



Tobe Hooper
1943–2017American film director, screenwriter and producer
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain City 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 (15)
- Ethan Hawke: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dakota Johnson: Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stone Cold Steve Austin: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carly Fiorina: Antônio Milena/AB, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Ford: nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tobe Hooper: Dark Attsios, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucious Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Taurean Prince: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Day George: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert S. Strauss: Originally uploaded by Hugh16 (Transferred by Bermond), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Ecker: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lily Cahill: By Arthur Wellington Brayley, Arthur Wilson Tarbell, Joe Mitchell Chapple, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Sidney Burleson: George Vincent Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tex Hughson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons