
Born near El Verano: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Tim Schafer, was born in Sonoma, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Jeff Gordon, with articles in 65 languages. Sonoma, which borders it, has 21 on its list, the best known Tim Schafer. Not one famous person on record comes from El Verano yet.
What stands out about El Verano’s famous people
Famous people born near El Verano
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Nicole Mann
born 1977American astronaut of Estonian origin










Natalie Coughlin
born 1982American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Sonoma has the most people on record, 21 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Verano 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 (14)
- Jeff Gordon: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca De Mornay: Original: Sara Morishige Williams from San Francisco, CA, USA Derivative work: Cryptic-waveform / WikiPedant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie London: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Kael: Rollins Maxwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- H.E.R.: Authentic Culture Network, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- April Bowlby: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie Coughlin: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Ghiorso: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jussie Smollett: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Mann: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Channing: Daniel House, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Schafer: Thespaff, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ripley: Press release says "From Ripley Office"., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Tom: Logan_Tom_WGP_Aug_2011.jpg: Fllovean derivative work: Yanguas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
