Famous people · Draper
Born near Draper: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson is the most widely known, written about in 46 languages. The nearest, Ikey Robinson, was born in Dublin, 8 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Draper yet. Across Virginia, 276 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Best known
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
in 46 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Draper’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Draper
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert Porterfield
1905–1971American actor and director
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
1872–1961First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921
Louis King
1898–1962American actor and movie director
Robert Craig
1792–1852American politician from Virginia
Sally Miller Gearhart
1931–2021American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist
Patri Friedman
born 1976American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Draper 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 (15)
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry King: Woodbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Floyd: Brady-Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Miller Gearhart: A.Kate Fritsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbert Lee Trinkle: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Carter Stuart: photographer not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patri Friedman: Hannu Makarainen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ballard Preston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Stokley: Walt Johnson/USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Emmons Johnston: David E. Johnston, author. Standard Printing and Publishing Company (Huntington, WV), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Kee: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderick R. Butler: Unsigned engraving, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Michael Mendel: Bill Oakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Harding Poff: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David French Boyd: Photographer: Washburn 697 Canal St. New Orleans, LA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons