Laurens, South Carolina
1. Pink Anderson (1900)
American Singer-guitarist
Legendary blues singer and guitarist from South Carolina. He is remembered for songs like Papa's About to Get Mad and Every Day in the Week Blues.
2. Nathaniel B. Dial (1862)
American Politician
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1919 to 1925. Born near Laurens he attended the common schools Richmond College and Vanderbilt University. He studied...
3. Hilary A. Herbert (1834)
American Politician
Hilary Abner Herbert was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States house of representatives from Alabama.
4. Richard F. Simpson (1798)
American Politician
Richard Franklin Simpson was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Laurens South Carolina Simpson graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1816. He studied law and...
5. Erskine Thomason (1948)
American Baseball Player
Melvin Erskine Thomason was a professional baseball player whose career spanned seven seasons one of which was spent with the Major League Baseball Philadelphia Phillies. Thomason played in one MLB...
6. Morris Madden (1960)
American Baseball Player
Morris DeWayne Madden is a former pitcher who played for either the Detroit Tigers or Pittsburgh Pirates between 1987 and 1989.
7. John L. M. Irby (1854)
American Politician
John Laurens Manning Irby was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens he attended Laurensville Male Academy Princeton College (Princeton New Jersey in 1870-1871 and the University...
8. Bob Hazle (1930)
American Baseball Player
Robert Sydney Hurricane Hazle was an American professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of three Major League seasons with the Cincinnati Redlegs Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers....
9. Rickey Foggie (1966)
American Football Player
Rickey Foggie is a former quarterback. Foggie was the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers for four seasons before going on to play professionally in – first the Canadian...
