Famous people · Wilkinson Heights
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wilkinson Heights
Closest of all is Shawnee Smith, from Orangeburg, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Eartha Kitt, with articles in 81 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Wilkinson Heights. Shawnee Smith leads the 47 names listed next door in Orangeburg.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Eartha Kitt
Best known
Eartha Kitt
in 81 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wilkinson Heights’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wilkinson Heights
They were born in 9 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
Harry S. Dent, Sr.
1930–2007South Carolina politician and Baptist layman
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Around it, Orangeburg has the most people on record, 47 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilkinson Heights 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 (15)
- 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
- Richard Seymour: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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