Famous people · Shawneeland
26 famous people were born within 35 miles of Shawneeland
The nearest, Willa Cather, was born in Gore, 5 mi away. No famous person on record lists Shawneeland as their birthplace yet. Across Virginia, 276 towns list someone born there. Arlington’s 84 names make the longest list in Virginia.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Willa Cather
Best known
Willa Cather
in 65 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Shawneeland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Shawneeland
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
1914–2013Politician from the United States
Stephen Ailes
1912–2001American lawyer and government official
Barnett McFee Clinedinst
1862–1953American photographer, served as White House photographer 1900-1913
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shawneeland 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)
- Willa Cather: Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Brian Benben: AMY B. BOMBASSARO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Magill Conrad: en:Daniel Huntington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernadotte Everly Schmitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Noble: Who-When-What Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noah Noble: Jacob Cox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade H. Haislip: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Ailes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas F. Mulledy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John James Allen: The Green Bag (1889–1914), Horace Williams Fuller (1890-1900), Thomas Tileston Baldwin (1901-1905), Sydney Russell Wrightington (1905-1909), Arthur Weightman Spencer (1909-1915), eds., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Tracewell: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons