Famous people · Dacusville
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Dacusville
Charles Hard Townes is the most widely known, written about in 84 languages. Closest of all is Kimilee Bryant, from Berea, 7 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Dacusville. 210 towns in South Carolina have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Charles Hard Townes
Best known
Charles Hard Townes
in 84 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Dacusville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Dacusville
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Shannon Faulkner
born 1976American educator; first female cadet at The Citadel
Charles Hard Townes
1915–201520th-century American physicist
Jesse Jackson
1941–2026American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dorothy Allison
1949–2024American writer, poet, novelist, critic
Furman L. Smith
1925–1944United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dacusville 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 (5)
- Charles Hard Townes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Jackson: Jesse Jackson for President, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Garnett: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Allison: Rodrigo Fernández, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darline Graham: Rosa Pineda, United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons