Mary Peters
born 1948United States Secretary of Transportation
Famous people · New River
Born near New River: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Phoenix, which borders it, has 35 on its list, the best known Chester Bennington. Closest of all is Mary Peters, from Peoria, 16 mi away. The best known of them is Chester Bennington, with articles in 98 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from New River yet.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Chester Bennington
Best known
Chester Bennington
in 98 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about New River’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near New River
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Barry Goldwater
1909–1998American politician and military officer
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The neighbour with the most names is Phoenix, at 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New River 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 (13)
- Stevie Nicks: Larry Richman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordin Sparks: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Goldwater: Trikosko, Marion S., photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brady Corbet: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Carteris: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Robbins: AMD Inc.-management, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammi Hanratty: Dagomada, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sofia Wylie: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Tkachuk: Tlop2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Peters: DOT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon McDonald: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Peterson: Derroyka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cassie Miller: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons