Famous people · Sperryville
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Sperryville
Ambrose Powell Hill is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Closest of all is Edward Almond, from Luray, 12 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Sperryville. No town in Virginia lists more than Arlington, with 84.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Ambrose Powell Hill
Best known
Ambrose Powell Hill
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Sperryville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Sperryville
Nobody born in Sperryville is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
1837–1880Wife of U.S. president Chester A. Arthur
William Morgan
1774–1826
Kim M. Cobb
born 1974American climate scientist and academic
Eppa Hunton
1822–1908U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
Mary H. Eastman
1818–1887American writer on Native American life, pro-slavery novelist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sperryville 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 (13)
- Ambrose Powell Hill: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benita Fitzgerald-Brown: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim M. Cobb: PopTech, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Almond: Asfreeas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eppa Hunton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hereford: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary H. Eastman: William Shaw Warren, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Marie: Urko Dorronsoro, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernadotte Everly Schmitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy B. Porter: Library of Congress. Photoduplication Service, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eppa Rixey: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Morgan: A. Cooley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons