Famous people · Vanderbilt
Born near Vanderbilt: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Oliver Henry Radkey, born in Edna, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Gale Storm, with articles in 22 languages. 631 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Vanderbilt yet.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Gale Storm
Best known
Gale Storm
in 22 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Vanderbilt’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Vanderbilt
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Steven Saylor
born 1956American author of historical novels
Hope Dworaczyk Smith
born 1984American entrepreneur, model and tv personality
Christia Adair
1893–1989American civil-rights activist and suffragist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vanderbilt 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)
- Gale Storm: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Prokop: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bates: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Dworaczyk Smith: Josh Ryan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michale Kyser: Basketball Champions League, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Flores: Larry Evans (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward F. Knipling: Photo by Scott Bauer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons