Sally Miller Gearhart
1931–2021American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist
Famous people · Narrows
Born near Narrows: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Sally Miller Gearhart, from Pearisburg, 4 mi away. John Forbes Nash is the most widely known, written about in 106 languages. The list for Narrows is empty for now. Famous people are on record for 269 of the towns in Virginia.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
John Forbes Nash
Best known
John Forbes Nash
in 106 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Narrows’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Narrows
The 32 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lewis K. Bausell
1924–1944United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Patri Friedman
born 1976American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy
John Forbes Nash
1928–2015American mathematician and economist
Maceo Pinkard
1897–1962American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
Bob Williams
1877–1957American football coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Narrows 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)
- John Forbes Nash: Peter Badge / Typos1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Floyd: Brady-Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman I. Platnick: Jan Bosselaers, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Thorn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Miller Gearhart: A.Kate Fritsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patri Friedman: Hannu Makarainen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ballard Preston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evans Evans: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Stokley: Walt Johnson/USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Emmons Johnston: David E. Johnston, author. Standard Printing and Publishing Company (Huntington, WV), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Kee: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Michael Mendel: Bill Oakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Harding Poff: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Roop: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff King: Matt Trostle, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eskridge: Bigiduz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William McComas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Goodson: Danny Goodman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Brillheart: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis K. Bausell: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons