
Born near Calhan: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Talcott Parsons, with articles in 62 languages. Kalen Ballage, born in Peyton, 10 mi away, is the closest. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Calhan. Across Colorado, 133 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Calhan’s famous people
Famous people born near Calhan
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.








Frances McConnell-Mills
1900–1975American forensic physician

Jon Watts
born 1981American film director, producer and screenwriter






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Calhan 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 (15)
- Talcott Parsons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lon Chaney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Watts: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Walker: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Bishop: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Romero: Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G'Angelo Hancock: Jørgen Løken (User:Løken), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Khiry Shelton: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chase Headley: Dirk from San Diego, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Shakeshaft: Rcrdevens44, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kylee Shook: YESNetwork, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Grimm: Fyunck(click), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kalen Ballage: AirForceMike, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Fox: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons