18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Murphys Estates
Matt Campbell, born in North Augusta, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Oliver Hardy, with articles in 58 languages. The list for Murphys Estates is empty for now. Famous people are on record for 201 of the towns in South Carolina.
What stands out about Murphys Estates’ famous people
Famous people born near Murphys Estates
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Chris Costner Sizemore
1927–2016Case depicted in The Three Faces of Eve
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
1925–2013American school teacher and writer



Charles Earl Simons, Jr.
1916–1999United States federal judge

Oliver Hardy
1892–1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Murphys Estates 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
- Paul Wight: Sgt. Jessica M. Kuhn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Strom Thurmond: Leffler, Warren K., photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Camp: Nehrams2020, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Etta Jones: Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Wigfall: Part of Library of Congress's Civil War Photographs Collection., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons