Born near Horse Pasture: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Mike Neill, born in Martinsville, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jesse L. Martin, with articles in 24 languages. No famous person’s birth in Horse Pasture is on record yet. Famous people are on record for 284 of the towns in Virginia.
What stands out about Horse Pasture’s famous people
Famous people born near Horse Pasture
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






Jesse L. Martin
born 1969American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor
Lillie Barbour
1885–1985American suffrage activist and labor advocate

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Horse Pasture 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 (7)
- Jesse L. Martin: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cook: Jgc2633, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald L. Baliles: 1fingerwillie at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Turner: Freewheeling Daredevil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Mitchell: Arturo Pardavila III on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Simpson: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons