Famous people · Oak Level
Born near Oak Level: 34 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Harvey Cloyd Philpott, from Bassett, 3 mi away. Jesse L. Martin is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Oak Level. In all of Virginia, the famous people on record come from 270 towns.
Born nearby
34
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Jesse L. Martin
Best known
Jesse L. Martin
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Oak Level’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Oak Level
Nobody born in Oak Level is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Jesse L. Martin
born 1969American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor
Lillie Barbour
1885–1985American suffrage activist and labor advocate
Tabitha Brown
born 1979American social media personality and actress
Charles A. Reynolds
1848–1936Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Claudia Emerson
1957–2014American academic, writer and poet
Nevitt Sanford
1909–1995Professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Level 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 (18)
- Jesse L. Martin: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Cook: Jgc2633, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald L. Baliles: 1fingerwillie at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald Thomas Robertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Posey G. Lester: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Daniel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Booker: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer King: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Machinedrum: Zoe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Hundley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Armstrong: cliff1066, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lindsay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Reynolds: Braswell Memorial Library, Rocky Mount, N.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Wood: Michael Tipton from Baltimore, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Reynolds: PresidentCardinal76, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tabitha Brown: Marcus Ingram on his YouTube channel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tarell Basham: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Hodges: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons