Famous people · Brodnax
Born near Brodnax: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, George Dromgoole, was born in Lawrenceville, 11 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Brodnax. The best known of them is Braxton Bragg, with articles in 31 languages. Arlington has the most of any town in Virginia: 84.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Braxton Bragg
Best known
Braxton Bragg
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brodnax’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brodnax
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Helen G. Edmonds
1911–1955American historian, scholar, and civic leader
Chris Daughtry
born 1979American musician and American Idol contestant
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brodnax 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 (24)
- Braxton Bragg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saxby Chambliss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Daughtry: LUIS BLANCO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Kersey: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua.C. Millage., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grizzard: The Bureau of Industrial Service for CBS Television. The Bureau, a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam, was widely used by those in the television industry in the 1950s and 1960s for distributing publicity material., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Y. Mason: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Macon: Robert David Gauley (American, 1875-1943), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Barry: C. B. King (d. 1862), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Brown: No machine-readable author provided. Gyrofrog assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryant Stith: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Bailey: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Jordan: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John N. Dalton: SGT M.E. CHRISTAIN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynor Scheine: Krayfish, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albertis Harrison: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliott Sadler: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry H. Chambers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Adams Hyman: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Rooke: Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hartwell Harrison: Hoppyh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Epes: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Burwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dromgoole: Portrait > 150 years old (circa 1840), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons