
Born near Pinehurst: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Kay Panabaker, born in Orange, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Janis Joplin, with articles in 100 languages. No famous person on record lists Pinehurst as their birthplace yet. Across Texas, 628 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Pinehurst’s famous people
Famous people born near Pinehurst
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Robert Rauschenberg
1925–2008American painter and graphic artist



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pinehurst 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)
- Janis Joplin: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias: World Wide Photos/ Archival by La Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rauschenberg: Fvlcrvm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crippen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Winter: Masahiro Sumori, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay Panabaker: John B. Mueller, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- G. W. Bailey: Towpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons