Famous people · Floriston
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Floriston
Mädchen Amick is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. Closest of all is Travis Ganong, from Truckee, 10 mi away. No entry yet names Floriston as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in California belongs to Modesto, with 65.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Mädchen Amick
Best known
Mädchen Amick
in 39 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Floriston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Floriston
Nobody born in Floriston is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Douglas Kelley
1912–1958U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author
Nancy Angelo
born 1953Organizational psychologist/formerly(performance/video artist)
Sarah Peters
born 1987American politician and environmental engineer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Floriston 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)
- Mädchen Amick: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Hanson: David Shankbone (attribution required), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Mancuso: Christian Jansky (User:Tschaensky), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Wells: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristoffer Polaha: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Taylor: Noah Riffe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Gibbons: Congressional Pictorial Directory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons