George Philbrook
1884–1964American gridiron football player and athletics competitor
Famous people · Sierra Brooks
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Sierra Brooks
Curtis Hanson is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. The nearest, George Philbrook, was born in Sierraville, 9 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Sierra Brooks. No town in California lists more than Modesto, with 65.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Curtis Hanson
Best known
Curtis Hanson
in 36 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Sierra Brooks’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Sierra Brooks
Nobody born in Sierra Brooks 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
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sierra Brooks 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 (10)
- 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
- 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
- April Stewart: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Philbrook: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons