Famous people · Chatmoss
Born near Chatmoss: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Mike Neill, born in Martinsville, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, with articles in 40 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Chatmoss yet. 270 towns across Virginia can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Best known
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Chatmoss’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Chatmoss
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
1879–1964First female Member of Parliament to take her seat
Richard Benjamin Harrison
1941–2018American pawnbroker and television personality
Jesse L. Martin
born 1969American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor
Claudia Emerson
1957–2014American academic, writer and poet
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chatmoss 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 (8)
- Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse L. Martin: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rice: Filberthockey at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cook: Jgc2633, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Williams: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Benjamin Harrison: Kristen Wong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hamilton Lewis: Louis Betts;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons