Famous people · Ebony
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Ebony
The nearest, Reynolds Price, was born in Macon, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Ben E. King, with articles in 52 languages. 284 of the towns in Virginia list at least one person. Not one famous person on record comes from Ebony yet.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
30 mi
Ben E. King
Best known
Ben E. King
in 52 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ebony’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ebony
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Helen G. Edmonds
1911–1955American historian, scholar, and civic leader
Chris Daughtry
born 1979American musician and American Idol contestant
Charlie Rose
born 1942American TV interviewer and journalist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ebony 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 (16)
- Ben E. King: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braxton Bragg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saxby Chambliss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Daughtry: LUIS BLANCO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Rose: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, 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
- 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
- Shirley Owens: Ronzoni, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry H. Chambers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons