Famous people · Central
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Central
Closest of all is Sarah Y. Mason, from Pima, 3 mi away. No famous person on record lists Central as their birthplace yet. In Arizona, 95 towns have someone on the list. Mesa’s 54 names make the longest list in Arizona.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Sarah Y. Mason
Best known
Sarah Y. Mason
in 13 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Central’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Central
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jack Ganzhorn
1881–1956Silent film actor and script writer
Manuel Perez
1914–1981Mexican American animator and animation director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central 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)
- Sarah Y. Mason: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Jones: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliot Johnson: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. J. Carrasco: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Del M. Clawson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ettore DeGrazia: DeGrazia Foundation, Reggie Russell, Buehman, Dick Frontain, Thomas Galvin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank R. Zapata: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons