Famous people · Oliver
34 famous people were born within 35 miles of Oliver
Closest of all is Roy C, from Newington, 5 mi away. Danny McBride is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. 351 towns in Georgia have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Oliver yet.
Born nearby
34
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Danny McBride
Best known
Danny McBride
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Oliver’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Oliver
The 34 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Danny McBride
born 1976American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
Coretta Brown
born 1980American sports coach and basketball player
Penny Thompson
1917–1975American aviator and air race-show promoter from the 1940s
Archibald Battle Lovett
1884–1945United States federal judge
Francys Johnson
born 1979Civil Rights Activist, Attorney and Clergy
Nathan Deal
born 194282nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019
Max Burns
born 1948Former United States Representative from Georgia
Bob Waters
1938–1989American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
James Tillinghast Archer
1819–1859American lawyer, politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oliver 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 (16)
- Danny McBride: highcastle photography at https://www.flickr.com/photos/78284071@N00/, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Deal: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sutton Foster: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Carter: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Wallace: User:STB-1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara G. McMillan: Washington Post, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Bey: Debraannclark, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Gilmore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Faxon M. Dean: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Elliott Hagan: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Burns: United States Congress Bioguide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Gordon Edwards: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jabbo Smith: Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Tillinghast Archer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kountry Wayne: HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penny Thompson: Bob East, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons