Famous people · Captains Cove
Born near Captains Cove: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Walter S. Powell, from Greenbackville, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Hugh Latimer Dryden, with articles in 18 languages. Greenbackville’s list, next door, has one name: Walter S. Powell. Famous people are on record for 276 of the towns in Virginia.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Hugh Latimer Dryden
Best known
Hugh Latimer Dryden
in 18 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Captains Cove’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Captains Cove
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Hugh Latimer Dryden
1898–1965American aeronautical scientist and civil servant
Louis Purnell
1920–2001Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, decorated Tuskegee Airman during World War II
Milt Drewer
1923–2012American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
John W. Morris
1921–2013Lieutenant General in the United States Army
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Close by, Greenbackville counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Captains Cove 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 (12)
- Hugh Latimer Dryden: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ephraim King Wilson II: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel O. Hastings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Johnson: 1924_Negro_League_World_Series.jpg: J.E. Mille[r], K.C. derivative work: Delaywaves talk • contribs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Page: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry M. Judah: Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Morris: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Purnell: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Webster Cluff: Tlcjr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice D. Jester: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milt Drewer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons