Famous people · Paris
Born near Paris: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Jack Gilpin, born in Boyce, 9 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Richard E. Byrd, with articles in 57 languages. No famous person on record lists Paris as their birthplace yet. Across Virginia, 276 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Richard E. Byrd
Best known
Richard E. Byrd
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Paris’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Paris
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rick Santorum
born 1958American politician and commentator
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
1914–2013Politician from the United States
Martin R. Delany
1812–1885United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer
James Jett
born 1970American sprinter and American football wide receiver
Eppa Hunton
1822–1908U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paris 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 (14)
- Richard E. Byrd: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patsy Cline: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Santorum: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry F. Byrd Jr.: Official portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benita Fitzgerald-Brown: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Benben: AMY B. BOMBASSARO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Grey: William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Magill Conrad: en:Daniel Huntington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin R. Delany: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eppa Hunton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Worthington: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George William Johnson: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hereford: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lyne Wilson: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons