Famous people · Wintergreen
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wintergreen
The nearest, Kid Kash, was born in Waynesboro, 11 mi away. Woodrow Wilson is the most widely known, written about in 190 languages. The list for Wintergreen is empty for now. 269 towns in Virginia have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Woodrow Wilson
Best known
Woodrow Wilson
in 190 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wintergreen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wintergreen
Nobody born in Wintergreen is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Thomas Whitehead
1825–1901Confederate Army officer, newspaper editor and politician
Francis Collins
born 1950American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
Frank D. Peregory
1916–1944United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
James Edward Hanger
1843–1919Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and founder of J E Hanger Inc
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wintergreen 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
- Meriwether Lewis: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, 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
- Jimmy Walker: 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
- John Wetzel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Long: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Burns: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Whitehead: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Tompkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Franklin Payne, Jr.: 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