Born near Proberta: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Robert Shaw, was born in Red Bluff, 8 mi away. Aaron Rodgers is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Proberta. 545 of the towns in California list at least one person.
What stands out about Proberta’s famous people
Famous people born near Proberta
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Tom Bruce
1952–2020American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder

Blaire White
born 1993American YouTuber and political commentator

Sherman Reynolds
1878–1958California rancher and politician



Haley Cope
born 1979American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder


Denver S. Dickerson
1872–192511th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Proberta 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)
- Aaron Rodgers: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Mastelotto: Mika Hiironniemi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blaire White: Joey Sarson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Cage: Sayuncle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laini Taylor: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denver S. Dickerson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Reddick: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons