Born near Belmont Estates: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Maggie Stiefvater, from Harrisonburg, 3 mi away. Woodrow Wilson is the most widely known, written about in 190 languages. No famous person on record lists Belmont Estates as their birthplace yet. 276 towns in Virginia have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Belmont Estates’ famous people
Famous people born near Belmont Estates
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Kristi Toliver
born 1987American-Slovak basketball player and coach
Melissa J. Moore
American biochemist, Chief Scientific Officer Moderna


Francis Collins
born 1950American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belmont Estates 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)
- Woodrow Wilson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Collins: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dell Curry: Iam_chihang, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Sampson: USDAgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Haines: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph W. Fifer: John Moses, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristi Toliver: Sergeev Pavel, CC0, Wikimedia Commons