Famous people · McKenney
Born near McKenney: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Albertis Harrison, from Alberta, 13 mi away. The best known of them is Joseph Cotten, with articles in 49 languages. No famous person’s birth in McKenney is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Virginia belongs to Arlington, with 84.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
24 mi
Joseph Cotten
Best known
Joseph Cotten
in 49 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about McKenney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near McKenney
Nobody born in McKenney is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Helen G. Edmonds
1911–1955American historian, scholar, and civic leader
Jennifer McClellan
born 1972American politician in Virginia
Steve Cowper
born 1938Governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990
Toby Wing
1915–2001American actress and showgirl
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McKenney 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 (21)
- Joseph Cotten: Photoplay Publishing Company; no photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Malone: Basketball_Legends.jpg: Cpl. Lameen Witter derivative work: JoeJohnson2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toby Wing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Williams: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Javonte Green: Basketinside il basket a 360°, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer McClellan: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Y. Mason: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Cowper: ARLIS Reference, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Barry: C. B. King (d. 1862), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard T. Gerow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryant Stith: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Guy: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Jordan: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John N. Dalton: SGT M.E. CHRISTAIN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raynor Scheine: Krayfish, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albertis Harrison: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliott Sadler: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry H. Chambers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Epes: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dromgoole: Portrait > 150 years old (circa 1840), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Turnbull: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons