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Famous people · Sanford

Born near Sanford: 7 famous people within 35 miles

The nearest, Milt Drewer, was born in Saxis, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Hugh Latimer Dryden, with articles in 18 languages. The list for Sanford is empty for now. 278 of the towns in Virginia list at least one person.

#1 best knownHugh Latimer DrydenScience & Medicine · 1898–1965
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Born nearby
7
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Hugh Latimer Dryden
Best known
Hugh Latimer Dryden
in 18 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Sanford’s famous people

Close to home7 notable people were born within 35 miles of Sanford.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Sanford

They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miCrisfield · 4Saxis · 1Pocomoke City · 1Sanford
Curley Byrd

Curley Byrd

1889–1970

American football player and coach, baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, university president

SportsCrisfield · 11 miWikipedia ↗
William Wilson Quinn

William Wilson Quinn

1907–2000

U.S. Army officer (1907-2000), recipient of the Purple Heart medal, liberator of Dachau concentration camp

MilitaryCrisfield · 11 miWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sanford 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.

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