Famous people · Stanley
Born near Stanley: 27 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Maggie Stiefvater, with articles in 25 languages. Closest of all is Edward Almond, from Luray, 6 mi away. No famous person on record lists Stanley as their birthplace yet. 269 towns across Virginia can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Maggie Stiefvater
Best known
Maggie Stiefvater
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stanley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stanley
Nobody born in Stanley is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Melissa J. Moore
American biochemist, Chief Scientific Officer Moderna
Kim M. Cobb
born 1974American climate scientist and academic
Barnett McFee Clinedinst
1862–1953American photographer, served as White House photographer 1900-1913
Kristi Toliver
born 1987American-Slovak basketball player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stanley 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)
- Dell Curry: Iam_chihang, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Sampson: USDAgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim M. Cobb: PopTech, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Almond: Asfreeas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristi Toliver: Sergeev Pavel, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Evans: Film screenshot (Republic Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison H. Riddleberger: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Early: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Jordan: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade H. Haislip: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alexander Harris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gladys Blake: Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Gibbons: Scott Bauer, 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
- Charles B. Gatewood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob K. Shafer: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth R. Plum: sharedferret, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mallory: Robert_Mallory_sitting.jpg: Matthew Brady derivative work: Acdixon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons