Charles Earl Simons, Jr.
1916–1999United States federal judge
Famous people · Ward
Born near Ward: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Charles Earl Simons, Jr., was born in Johnston, 5 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Ward yet. The best known of them is Paul Wight, with articles in 45 languages. Across South Carolina, 203 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Paul Wight
Best known
Paul Wight
in 45 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ward’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ward
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
James Butler Hare
1918–1966US Congressman from 3rd district 1949-1951
Chris Costner Sizemore
1927–2016Case depicted in The Three Faces of Eve
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
1925–2013American school teacher and writer
Bubber Miley
1903–1932American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ward 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 (13)
- 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
- 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
- Julia Brownley: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Butler: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubber Miley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milledge Luke Bonham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Duncan: Houari Boumedienne, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Odean Pope: Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willa L. Fulmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons