Famous people · East Bank
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of East Bank
Les Palmer, born in Cedar Grove, 1 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from East Bank yet. The best known of them is Jerry West, with articles in 54 languages. In all of West Virginia, the famous people on record come from 173 towns.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Jerry West
Best known
Jerry West
in 54 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about East Bank’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near East Bank
Nobody born in East Bank is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Carmel Bernon Harvey, Jr.
1946–1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
MacGillivray Milne
1882–1959Naval officer and Governor of American Samoa
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Bank 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 (11)
- Jerry West: Malcolm W. Emmons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Moss: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Barrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gino Marchetti: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Truman: PKDASD at English Wikipedia, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Stephens: BenBurch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carmel Bernon Harvey, Jr.: The original uploader was Kumioko at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Massey: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- MacGillivray Milne: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Lopez: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Edward Courtney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons