Famous people · Stuarts Draft
Born near Stuarts Draft: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Cyrus W. Strickler, from Fishersville, 6 mi away. Woodrow Wilson is the most widely known, written about in 190 languages. No entry yet names Stuarts Draft as a birthplace. 270 towns in Virginia have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Woodrow Wilson
Best known
Woodrow Wilson
in 190 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stuarts Draft’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stuarts Draft
Nobody born in Stuarts Draft is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Francis Collins
born 1950American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
James Edward Hanger
1843–1919Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and founder of J E Hanger Inc
W. Taylor Reveley III
born 1943American writer and academic
Thomas Whitehead
1825–1901Confederate Army officer, newspaper editor and politician
Robert Whitehead
1897–1960Virginia lawyer and Democratic legislator, long chief opponent of the Byrd Organization
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stuarts Draft 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 (20)
- Woodrow Wilson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Collins: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Smith: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Haines: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kid Kash: Krystal Bogner from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Hamner, Jr.: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph W. Fifer: John Moses, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Alexander: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac Wiseman: Tom Pich, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Early: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Schiavone: grenwail, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wetzel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Burns: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Madison: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Whitehead: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Edward Hanger: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lacy Irvine Moffett: Dale Dailey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Taylor Reveley III: Jrcla2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quin Houff: Performance Marketing Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert D. Lilley: E. Berkeley, Photographer (Staunton, Virginia), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons