
9 famous people were born within 35 miles of Yermo
Closest of all is Jeanne Crain, from Barstow, 12 mi away. No entry yet names Yermo as a birthplace. 545 of the towns in California list at least one person. The longest list in California is Modesto’s, with 65 names.
What stands out about Yermo’s famous people
Famous people born near Yermo
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Stan Ridgway
born 1954American singer-songwriter and film and television composer




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yermo 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 (6)
- Jeanne Crain: New York Sunday News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Ridgway: RidgwayPhotos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Salopek: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Sanchez: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Vargas: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal-Dominique Fennell: Thomas24Stuttgart, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons