
Born near Springville: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Ahmad Bradshaw, born in Bluefield, 7 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Springville as their birthplace yet. The best known of them is John Forbes Nash, with articles in 106 languages. The Virginia lists hold names for 279 towns.
What stands out about Springville’s famous people
Famous people born near Springville
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Ray Louthen
1925–2004American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator




John Forbes Nash
1928–2015American mathematician and economist


Maceo Pinkard
1897–1962American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
Stanley J. Wawrzyniak
1927–1995American Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springville 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 (8)
- John Forbes Nash: Peter Badge / Typos1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman I. Platnick: Jan Bosselaers, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Harrold: ABC Visual Communication, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred M. Wilcox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ahmad Bradshaw: Coingeek, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Dudley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evans Evans: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Branson: Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Julius Taylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons