Famous people · Gasburg
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Gasburg
The best known of them is Braxton Bragg, with articles in 31 languages. Closest of all is Chuck Brown, from Gaston, 14 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Gasburg. Across Virginia, the lists cover 285 towns.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Braxton Bragg
Best known
Braxton Bragg
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Gasburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Gasburg
The 14 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
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gasburg 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 (8)
- Braxton Bragg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saxby Chambliss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Daughtry: LUIS BLANCO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, 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