Famous people · Rowesville
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Rowesville
Eartha Kitt is the most widely known, written about in 81 languages. Closest of all is Shawnee Smith, from Orangeburg, 9 mi away. In South Carolina, 210 towns have someone on the list. Not one famous person on record comes from Rowesville yet.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Eartha Kitt
Best known
Eartha Kitt
in 81 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rowesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rowesville
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jaime Harrison
born 1976American lawyer and political strategist
James Blood Ulmer
1940–2026American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rowesville 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 (14)
- Eartha Kitt: Jyh-Lurn Chang @ Homo olympus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viola Davis: Nomoretitanic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- James Blood Ulmer: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Gardner: User Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaime Harrison: Jaime Harrison for U.S. Senate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Randolph: Marylandstater, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alshon Jeffery: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mookie Wilson: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baby Washington: Urko Dorronsoro, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johndre Jefferson: Basketinside il basket a 360°, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons