Famous people · Stapleton
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Stapleton
Lorenzo Daniel, born in Avera, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Oliver Hardy, with articles in 58 languages. No entry yet names Stapleton as a birthplace. In all of Georgia, the famous people on record come from 345 towns.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Oliver Hardy
Best known
Oliver Hardy
in 58 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stapleton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stapleton
Nobody born in Stapleton is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Oliver Hardy
1892–1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
Thomas E. Watson
1856–1922American politician, attorney, editor and writer
Itoro Umoh-Coleman
born 1977Nigerian-American basketball player-coach
Robert Lee Scott Jr.
1908–2006Brigadier General in the United States Air Force
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stapleton 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)
- 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
- Itoro Umoh-Coleman: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rienzi Melville Johnston: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Houstoun: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wycliffe Gordon: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose R. Wright: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robby Wells: Robby Wells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lee Scott Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomlinson Fort: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons