Famous people · Edge Hill
33 famous people were born within 35 miles of Edge Hill
The nearest, Lorenzo Daniel, was born in Avera, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Oliver Hardy, with articles in 58 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Edge Hill. The Georgia lists hold names for 351 towns.
Born nearby
33
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Oliver Hardy
Best known
Oliver Hardy
in 58 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Edge Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Edge Hill
They were born in 15 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson
1934–1976United StatesAmerican Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Thomas E. Watson
1856–1922American politician, attorney, editor and writer
Oliver Hardy
1892–1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
Pat Dye
1939–2020American college football player, college football coach, college athletic director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edge Hill 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 (23)
- Oliver Hardy: Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elijah Muhammad: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Wolfson, Stanley, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mirabeau B. Lamar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Jackson: Millie_Jackson.jpg: Albert Domasin derivative work: FotoPhest, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Jefferson Jr.: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Watson: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vonteego Cummings: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Minor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rienzi Melville Johnston: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose R. Wright: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Roy Rowland: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robby Wells: Robby Wells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Dye: Dye.blythe1939, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomlinson Fort: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adella Hunt Logan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angeria Paris VanMicheals: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Reville Gibbs: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack C. Massey: HCA, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd D. Brown: Albert Love Enterprises (Atlanta), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson: Babrinson77, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Henry English: United States Navy photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasper Brinkley: Tom Hanny from Kinnelon, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcellus Augustus Stovall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons