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Born near Cluster Springs: 31 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Ben E. King, with articles in 52 languages. Closest of all is Greg Vanney, from South Boston, 7 mi away. No entry yet names Cluster Springs as a birthplace. Arlington has the most of any town in Virginia: 84.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
34 mi
Ben E. King
Best known
Ben E. King
in 52 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cluster Springs’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cluster Springs
They were born in 11 towns 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
Claudia Emerson
1957–2014American academic, writer and poet
Charlie Rose
born 1942American TV interviewer and journalist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cluster Springs 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 (23)
- Ben E. King: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Rose: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Vanney: Mike Dixon Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Kersey: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua.C. Millage., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Edwards: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rice: Filberthockey at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Williams: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Benjamin Harrison: Kristen Wong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaiah Hicks: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hamilton Lewis: Louis Betts;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shirley Owens: Ronzoni, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Henderson: The Chronicle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Burton: Kim Phillips, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darius McGhee: Cotton Puryear, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr.: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Thomas Robertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Chavis: MeetDrBen; cropped by Beyond My Ken 03:33, 14 February 2014 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elson Floyd: Cherie Cullen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hartwell Harrison: Hoppyh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hosea Kerr: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, 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