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Famous people · Sullivan's Island

Sullivan's Island is the birthplace of 2 famous people

At the top of the list is the American novelist Dorothea Benton Frank, covered in 3 languages. One more name completes the list: Reese Havens. Of the towns next door, Mount Pleasant lists the most: 14, with Shelby Rogers first. The list runs from Dorothea Benton Frank, born in 1951, to Reese Havens, born in 1986.

#2 best knownReese HavensSports · born 1986
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dorothea Benton Frank
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1951
Dorothea Benton Frank
Youngest
1986
Reese Havens
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Sullivan's Island

DF#1
Writing & Arts

Dorothea Benton Frank

1951–2019

American novelist

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Reese Havens#2
Sports

Reese Havens

born 1986

Baseball player from the United States of America

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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Mount Pleasant has the longest list next door: 14.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sullivan's Island and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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