Famous people · South Laurel
Born near South Laurel: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Roy Horan, from Laurel, 2 mi away. Neal Stephenson is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. No famous person’s birth in South Laurel is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Maryland belongs to Frederick, with 55.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Neal Stephenson
Best known
Neal Stephenson
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about South Laurel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near South Laurel
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Cameron Wake
born 1982American football defensive lineman, linebacker
Peter David
1956–2025American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games
Sam Phillips
born 1966American actress, talk-show host, reality TV host, radio DJ, producer, and model
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Around it, Laurel has the most people on record, 19 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Laurel 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 (14)
- Neal Stephenson: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Centrowitz: Erik van Leeuwen, attribution: Erik van Leeuwen (bron: Wikipedia)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter David: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chinanu Onuaku: FCBQ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Whitmore: Villanova Athletics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DeWanda Wise: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lio Rush: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Awotunde: DSparrow14, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Phillips: Kent Madsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kratovil: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Hawkes: E.J. Camp (photographer). Distributed by Elektra Records., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arinze Onuaku: Botend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Wake: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Juliette Whittaker: Habst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons