22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hardin
Closest of all is Oscar Griffin, Jr., from Daisetta, 6 mi away. Price Daniel is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. No entry yet names Hardin as a birthplace. 633 of the towns in Texas list at least one person.
What stands out about Hardin’s famous people
Famous people born near Hardin
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Harley McAdams
born 1938American physicist, microbial geneticist, and developmental biologist


William Franklin Blair
1912–1984U.S. herpetologist and mammalogist




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hardin 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 (8)
- Price Daniel: MLK Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross S. Sterling: Frank Johnson, edited and updated by Eugene C. Barker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charli Collier: Secart3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Daniel: Office of the Governor of Guam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Dodd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allie White: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. R. Towles: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tink Riviere: The Sporting News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons