Born near Hollygrove: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Les Palmer, was born in Cedar Grove, 3 mi away. Jerry West is the most widely known, written about in 54 languages. No famous person on record lists Hollygrove as their birthplace yet. In West Virginia, 169 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Hollygrove’s famous people
Famous people born near Hollygrove
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hollygrove 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 (7)
- 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
- Thomas J. Lopez: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons