Bob Williams
1877–1957American football coach, college athletics administrator
Famous people · Bastian
34 famous people were born within 35 miles of Bastian
Closest of all is Bob Williams, from Bland, 4 mi away. The best known of them is John Forbes Nash, with articles in 106 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Bastian. In all of Virginia, the famous people on record come from 270 towns.
Born nearby
34
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
John Forbes Nash
Best known
John Forbes Nash
in 106 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bastian’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bastian
Nobody born in Bastian is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Forbes Nash
1928–2015American mathematician and economist
Maceo Pinkard
1897–1962American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
Ray Louthen
1925–2004American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
1872–1961First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
born 1942American politician in Virginia
Pamela Stafford
born 1946American model, fashion designer and artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bastian 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 (22)
- John Forbes Nash: Peter Badge / Typos1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman I. Platnick: Jan Bosselaers, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Harrold: ABC Visual Communication, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred M. Wilcox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Thorn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbert Lee Trinkle: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ahmad Bradshaw: Coingeek, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Dudley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Carter Stuart: photographer not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evans Evans: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Branson: Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Julius Taylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderick R. Butler: Unsigned engraving, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis A. Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Selwyn: The New Movie Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David French Boyd: Photographer: Washburn 697 Canal St. New Orleans, LA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne B. Crockett-Stark: Virginia State Parks staff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deacon Phillippe: Breisch Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eskridge: Bigiduz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles S. Minter, Jr.: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zollie Toth: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons