Famous people · Brookdale
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Brookdale
Shawnee Smith, born in Orangeburg, 3 mi away, is the closest. Next door, the list for Orangeburg holds 47, Shawnee Smith first. The best known of them is Eartha Kitt, with articles in 81 languages. The list for Brookdale is empty for now.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Eartha Kitt
Best known
Eartha Kitt
in 81 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brookdale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brookdale
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jaime Harrison
born 1976American lawyer and political strategist
James Blood Ulmer
1940–2026American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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The best known from each town bordering Brookdale.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookdale 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)
- Eartha Kitt: Jyh-Lurn Chang @ Homo olympus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viola Davis: Nomoretitanic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikki Haley: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawnee Smith: rokphotoz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelton Benjamin: Anton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Teyonah Parris: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monique Coleman: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Blood Ulmer: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Collier: CBS Radio Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaime Harrison: Jaime Harrison for U.S. Senate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Seymour: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alshon Jeffery: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Patten: Nflpittsburgh2011, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mookie Wilson: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons