Famous people · Woodford
Born near Woodford: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Eartha Kitt, from North, 4 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Woodford is on record yet. 215 of the towns in South Carolina list at least one person. Florence’s 54 names make the longest list in South Carolina.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Eartha Kitt
Best known
Eartha Kitt
in 81 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Woodford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Woodford
Nobody born in Woodford is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
James Blood Ulmer
1940–2026American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
Jim Stuckey
born 1958All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Woodford 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 (7)
- Eartha Kitt: Jyh-Lurn Chang @ Homo olympus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Viola Davis: Nomoretitanic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawnee Smith: rokphotoz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelton Benjamin: Anton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Teyonah Parris: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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