Born near Glencoe: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Terrel Castle, from Jeanerette, 7 mi away. The best known of them is Armand Duplantis, with articles in 51 languages. No famous person on record lists Glencoe as their birthplace yet. Famous people are on record for 250 of the towns in Louisiana.
What stands out about Glencoe’s famous people
Famous people born near Glencoe
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Koryn Hawthorne
born 1997American contemporary Christian music and gospel singer
Ezola B. Foster
1938–2018American politician, activist, and writer





Daniel Cormier
born 1979American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glencoe 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)
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Rae: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danneel Ackles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Poirier: TheDurandal42, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Landry: DHSgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Cormier: X2o, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Blanco: David Valdez--HUD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons