Famous people · Anderson
Born near Anderson: 17 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Tom Hubert, was born in Cottonwood, 4 mi away. Megan Rapinoe is the most widely known, written about in 70 languages. The list for Anderson is empty for now. In California, 543 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Megan Rapinoe
Best known
Megan Rapinoe
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Anderson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Anderson
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Brian Sandoval
born 196329th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge
Kevin Sharp
1970–2014American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker
Denver S. Dickerson
1872–192511th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party.
Tom Bruce
1952–2020American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
James Henry Glennon
1857–1940American naval rear admiral and Navy Cross recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Anderson 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)
- Megan Rapinoe: Daniel Nickson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Sandoval: Brian Sandoval, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francesca Eastwood: Massod123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Leary: Olympic Athletic Club (San Francisco, California), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denver S. Dickerson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Henry Glennon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marv Grissom: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons