Famous people · Lockhart
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lockhart
Clifford Ray, born in Union, 10 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Andie MacDowell, with articles in 65 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Lockhart yet. The longest list of any town in South Carolina belongs to Florence, with 54.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Andie MacDowell
Best known
Andie MacDowell
in 65 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lockhart’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lockhart
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ron Rash
born 1953American poet, short story writer and novelist
David E. Finley, Jr.
1890–1977First director of the National Gallery of Art
Lawrence Wilkerson
born 1945United States Army colonel (ret.), Chief of Staff to Colin Powell
John Wistar Simpson
1914–2007American electrical engineer
James Rhyne Killian
1904–1988The 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lockhart 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 (15)
- Andie MacDowell: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Rhyne Killian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Wilkerson: US Embassy Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Ray: Clifford_Ray.jpg: Original uploader was Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia derivative work: Pacoperez6, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivory Latta: Danny Karwoski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Rash: Librairie Mollat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allison Feaster: United States Embassy in Manila, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arizona Reid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mikenucklesii, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonica T. Gibbs: Jtgibbs89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Brawley: Ulysses Robert Brooks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander S. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David E. Finley, Jr.: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Goss: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Hemphill: Bell, Washington D. C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert W. Hemphill: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons