Famous people · Houston
10 famous people were born within 35 miles of Houston
The best known of them is Kerry Weiland, with articles in 8 languages. Closest of all is Bristol Palin, from Wasilla, 11 mi away. Willow’s list, next door, has one name: John Gourley. So far, no famous person on record was born in Houston.
Born nearby
10
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Kerry Weiland
Best known
Kerry Weiland
in 8 Wikipedia languages
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The 10 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Houston 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 (5)
- Kerry Weiland: Sara Melikian, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laird Barron: Houari B., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol Palin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Johnston: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.Carol M. Highsmith has stipulate…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Tilton: AKSenMajority, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons