Clifford Dukes
born 1981Player of American and Canadian football
Famous people · Solomons
Born near Solomons: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Clifford Dukes, was born in Lexington Park, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Alfred Gough, with articles in 19 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Solomons yet. No town in Maryland lists more than Frederick, with 55.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Alfred Gough
Best known
Alfred Gough
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Solomons’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Solomons
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Alfred Gough
born 1967American screenwriter and producer
James R. Lewis
1949–2022Writer and academic specializing in various religious movements
Jerome Adams
born 1974Surgeon General of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Thomas Wyatt Turner
1877–1978Founding member of NAACP, botanist
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Solomons?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Solomons’ most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Solomons 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 (6)
- Alfred Gough: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Adams: U.S. Public Health Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Joseph Fenwick: James Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T.J. Carter: Savvasg21, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Covington: Attributed to Son In Law, Benjamin L. C. Wailes, d. 1862, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Wyatt Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons