Born near Herald: 13 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jack McArthur, was born in Acampo, 8 mi away. Kyle Larson is the most widely known, written about in 47 languages. No famous person on record lists Herald as their birthplace yet. 545 towns across California can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Herald’s famous people
Famous people born near Herald
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Barbara Oakley
born 1955Translator, writer, engineer and teacher.




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Herald 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 (8)
- Kyle Larson: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Honda: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Voelkel: Frank Reina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Oakley: John Meiu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Ianni: Skotywa at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendra Morris: G.Garitan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion De Vries: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Akiem Hicks: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons