Famous people · Fishers Hill
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Fishers Hill
The nearest, Bernadotte Everly Schmitt, was born in Strasburg, 3 mi away. Willa Cather is the most widely known, written about in 65 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Fishers Hill yet. No town in Virginia lists more than Arlington, with 84.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Willa Cather
Best known
Willa Cather
in 65 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fishers Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fishers Hill
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Barnett McFee Clinedinst
1862–1953American photographer, served as White House photographer 1900-1913
Rick Santorum
born 1958American politician and commentator
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
1914–2013Politician from the United States
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fishers Hill 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 (14)
- Willa Cather: Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard E. Byrd: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patsy Cline: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Santorum: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry F. Byrd Jr.: Official portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Benben: AMY B. BOMBASSARO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Magill Conrad: en:Daniel Huntington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernadotte Everly Schmitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison H. Riddleberger: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade H. Haislip: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John James Allen: The Green Bag (1889–1914), Horace Williams Fuller (1890-1900), Thomas Tileston Baldwin (1901-1905), Sydney Russell Wrightington (1905-1909), Arthur Weightman Spencer (1909-1915), eds., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Gatewood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelley Washington: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Tracewell: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons