Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
1879–1964First female Member of Parliament to take her seat
Famous people · Mount Hermon
Born near Mount Hermon: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, born in Danville, 6 mi away, is the closest. No town in Virginia lists more than Arlington, with 84. After Arlington, the next longest list in Virginia is Newport News’, with 60. Not one famous person on record comes from Mount Hermon yet.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Best known
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mount Hermon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mount Hermon
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Richard Benjamin Harrison
1941–2018American pawnbroker and television personality
Claudia Emerson
1957–2014American academic, writer and poet
Vivian Pinn
born 1941American physician-scientist and pathologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Hermon 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 (15)
- Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Vanney: Mike Dixon Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Edwards: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rice: Filberthockey at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cook: Jgc2633, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilla Williams: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Benjamin Harrison: Kristen Wong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Moore Scales: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hamilton Lewis: Louis Betts;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Burton: Kim Phillips, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Thomas Robertson: Public domain, 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
- John Hosea Kerr: Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivian Pinn: Ernie Branson, National Institutes of Health (NIH)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons