#1Famous people · Summerville
Most of the 28 famous people born in Summerville came into the world since 1970
The best known is the American basketball player Chuck Eidson, with articles in 17 languages. Jonathan Amon, the American soccer player, comes second, with A. J. Green third. The earliest on the list is W. Turner Logan, born in 1874, and the youngest Jonathan Amon, born in 1999. Per head, the list is long: 5.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in South Carolina has 1.5.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Chuck Eidson
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
W. Turner Logan
Youngest
1999
Jonathan Amon
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Summerville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Summerville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Summerville
The three are covered in 17, 15 and 12 languages: Chuck Eidson, Jonathan Amon and A. J. Green.
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What Summerville is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Summerville
25 more, from 1874 to 1997.
Christopher Celiz
1986–2018United States Army sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
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A chosen home
Also called Summerville home
Born elsewhere, Kelontae Gavin lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is North Charleston’s, with 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Summerville 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.
Photo credits (12)
- Chuck Eidson: Juliux, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Amon: Pedro Semitiel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Green: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carvin Nkanata: Ricardo Augusto, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandy Williams: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. Turner Logan: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Celiz: Davidc1220, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. Hopkins: Minda Haas Kuhlmann from Omaha, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas A. Limehouse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelontae Gavin: Musicgriot, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlos Dunlap: Senior Master Sgt. Michael Crane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pernessa C. Seele: AIDSgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons