Famous people · Modoc
Born near Modoc: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Reese Hoffa, from Evans, 12 mi away. The best known of them is Oliver Hardy, with articles in 58 languages. No famous person on record lists Modoc as their birthplace yet. The South Carolina lists hold names for 210 towns.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Oliver Hardy
Best known
Oliver Hardy
in 58 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Modoc’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Modoc
Nobody born in Modoc is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Brandon Barden
born 1989NFL and former college football player, tight end
Chris Costner Sizemore
1927–2016Case depicted in The Three Faces of Eve
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
1925–2013American school teacher and writer
Oliver Hardy
1892–1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
Thomas E. Watson
1856–1922American politician, attorney, editor and writer
Charles Earl Simons, Jr.
1916–1999United States federal judge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Modoc 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)
- Oliver Hardy: Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strom Thurmond: Leffler, Warren K., photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reese Hoffa: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Preston Brooks: Created by Adam B. Walter (1820-1875); cropped by Beyond My Ken 02:14, 15 April 2015 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Millie Jackson: Millie_Jackson.jpg: Albert Domasin derivative work: FotoPhest, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Wigfall: Part of Library of Congress's Civil War Photographs Collection., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Watson: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vonteego Cummings: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons