Famous people · Glen Wilton
Born near Glen Wilton: 34 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Jimmie W. Monteith, from Low Moor, 4 mi away. Katherine Johnson is the most widely known, written about in 79 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Glen Wilton. No town in Virginia lists more than Arlington, with 84.
Born nearby
34
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Katherine Johnson
Best known
Katherine Johnson
in 79 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Glen Wilton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Glen Wilton
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lisa Disbrow
born 1962US Air Force officer and defense civilian servant
Addams Stratton McAllister
1875–1946American electrical engineer and editor
J. C. Snead
1940–2025Professional golfer, minor league baseball player
Joseph Reid Anderson
1813–1892American civil engineer, industrialist, and soldier
Mary Johnston
1870–1936American novelist and women's rights advocate
William Alexander Anderson
1842–1930American lawyer and politician
Cy Twombly
1928–2011American painter, sculptor and photographer
Robert Paxton
born 1932American political scientist and historian
Katherine Johnson
1918–2020African-American mathematician
John Leonard Hines
1868–1968(1868-1968) former Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Margaret Prescott Montague
1878–1955American writer
Lindsley Register
born 1993American actress, producer and writer
Robert Bruce King
born 1940United States federal judge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glen Wilton 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 (23)
- Katherine Johnson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Robertson: Paparazzo Presents, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary Hahn: Quincena Musical, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bimbo Coles: PO2 Wendy Hamme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Letcher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chapman Revercomb: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Arliner Young: Marine Biological Laboratory, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Reid Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Johnston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Ammen: The original uploader was GhostPirate at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Leonard Hines: Official Army Portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmie W. Monteith: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Phillips: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Rucker: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Grasty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Gillespie: State of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Disbrow: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Overstreet Jr.: US Government Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addams Stratton McAllister: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary L. Miller: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Bruce King: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hanes Ayres: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Terrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons