
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Kings Beach
Stacey Cook, born in Truckee, 12 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jamie Anderson, with articles in 32 languages. No famous person on record lists Kings Beach as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in California belongs to Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about Kings Beach’s famous people
Famous people born near Kings Beach
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


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 Kings Beach 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)
- Jamie Anderson: The Camp of Champions Snowboard & Ski Summer Camp from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hobart Cavanaugh: Film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Amodei: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice E. McLoughlin: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stacey Cook: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryce Bennett: Dispe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Sullivan: Castagna; the original work was uploaded by User:Dispe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons