Leo "Muscle" Shoals
1916–1999American baseball player and manager
Famous people · Cowen
Born near Cowen: 31 famous people within 35 miles
Leo "Muscle" Shoals, born in Camden-on-Gauley, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Pearl S. Buck, with articles in 142 languages. No entry yet names Cowen as a birthplace. 164 towns in West Virginia have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
31
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Pearl S. Buck
Best known
Pearl S. Buck
in 142 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cowen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cowen
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
E. Hansford McCourt
1909–1992American politician
Joe McCutcheon
1929–2004American football player and coach
Pearl S. Buck
1892–1973Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary
Ralph E. Pomeroy
1930–1952United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Chester R. Bender
1914–1996Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cowen 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 (10)
- Pearl S. Buck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Roberts: Educational Comedies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John D. Alderson: Maintained by the photo historian of the United States House of Representatives., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester R. Bender: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph E. Pomeroy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayland Dean: Diaz Cigarette company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Vineyard: Baltimore Orioles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Hansford McCourt: State of West Virginia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Brunette: Cinema Then, Cinema Now; CUNY TV (tv.cuny.edu), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Ray Reed: State of West Virginia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons