
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lanare
Mick Wingert, born in Lemoore, 12 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Lanare yet. Across California, 552 towns list someone born there. No town in California lists more than Modesto, with 65.
What stands out about Lanare’s famous people
Famous people born near Lanare
Nobody born in Lanare is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1927–2014American writer of children's fiction





Victor Davis Hanson
born 1953American classicist and military historian
Calaway H. Dodson
1928–2020American botanist, orchidologist & taxonomist

Slim Pickens
1919–1983American rodeo performer, film and television actor

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lanare 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)
- Mick Wingert: Art of Comics, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Chandler: Tyson_Chandler_Mavs.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA derivative work: Edgars2007, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Perry: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slim Pickens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Shively: Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Davis Hanson: No machine-readable author provided. Rune X2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Valadao: House Creative Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Mikkelsen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons