Famous people · Mount Croghan
Born near Mount Croghan: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Patina Miller, born in Pageland, 9 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Dizzy Gillespie, with articles in 66 languages. 208 of the towns in South Carolina list at least one person. The longest list of any town in South Carolina belongs to Florence, with 54.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Dizzy Gillespie
Best known
Dizzy Gillespie
in 66 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mount Croghan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mount Croghan
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Christine Darden
born 1942African-American mathematician, aerospace engineer
David Franklin Houston
1866–1940American academic, businessman and politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Croghan 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 (16)
- Dizzy Gillespie: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Helms: United States Senate, originally uploaded by Japan01, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Travis: - EMR -, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christine Darden: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Thornton: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junkyard Dog: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hunter Tyson: TigerNet.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Franklin Houston: Unnamed photographer for Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Parker: United States Army Signal Corps photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Pollock: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Terry: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Matthews: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Strother Dargan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carla Cunningham: NC General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert B. Scarborough: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons