Born near Rest Haven: 26 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Takeoff, with articles in 34 languages. Closest of all is Cindy Brogdon, from Buford, 2 mi away. The list for Rest Haven is empty for now. Rome has the most of any town in Georgia: 66.
What stands out about Rest Haven’s famous people
Famous people born near Rest Haven
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Margaret Woodrow Wilson
1886–1944Acting First Lady of the United States






Richard Russell Jr.
1897–197166th Governor of Georgia (1931–1933), U.S. Senator from Georgia




Eric Shanteau
born 1983American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rest Haven 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)
- Margaret Woodrow Wilson: Unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Johnson: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walker Zimmerman: Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezzard Charles: Distributed by ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Collins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelli Giddish: jen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Russell Jr.: United States Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Shanteau: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- MattyBRaps: Casey Florig, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croix Bethune: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Goodwin: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaycee Horn: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Wolff: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownie Wise: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Maurer: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sion James: Hameltion, CC0, Wikimedia Commons