Jesse L. Martin
born 1969American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor
Famous people · Ferrum
33 famous people were born within 35 miles of Ferrum
Closest of all is Jesse L. Martin, from Rocky Mount, 8 mi away. John C. Mather is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. No famous person’s birth in Ferrum is on record yet. In Virginia, 269 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
33
within 35 miles
Closest
24 mi
John C. Mather
Best known
John C. Mather
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ferrum’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ferrum
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lillie Barbour
1885–1985American suffrage activist and labor advocate
John C. Mather
born 1946American astrophysicist and cosmologist
Henrietta Lacks
1920–1951American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line
Tony Atlas
born 1954American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ferrum 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 (20)
- John C. Mather: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henrietta Lacks: 14GTR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Payne: Macfadden Publications-page 2., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Huddleston: Trailer to "Breakheart Pass" (1975), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Bari: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse L. Martin: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis A. Johnson: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald L. Baliles: 1fingerwillie at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Butch Taylor: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Posey G. Lester: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Booker: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Hundley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Armstrong: cliff1066, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Wood: Michael Tipton from Baltimore, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leander J. Shaw, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Reynolds: PresidentCardinal76, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tarell Basham: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darian Grubb: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Carey Shanks: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Hodges: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons