
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Grover
Nikki Haley is the most widely known, written about in 77 languages. No famous person’s birth in Grover is on record yet. The nearest, Bettye Ackerman, was born in Cottageville, 14 mi away. 210 of the towns in South Carolina list at least one person.
What stands out about Grover’s famous people
Famous people born near Grover
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grover 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 (8)
- 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
- Monique Coleman: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bettye Ackerman: ABC Television. The scan of the back had to be rotated and altered so it could be read as identification. The press release was apparently face down when scanned. This was the only way the release could be made legible., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Eidson: Juliux, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Gardner: User Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Amon: Pedro Semitiel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons