
Born near Collbran: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Dorothy Dearing, from Parachute, 15 mi away. Terence McKenna is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. No famous person on record lists Collbran as their birthplace yet. The Colorado lists hold names for 133 towns.
What stands out about Collbran’s famous people
Famous people born near Collbran
Nobody born in Collbran is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.


David L. Bernhardt
born 196953rd United States Secretary of the Interior



Paolo Bacigalupi
born 1972American science fiction and fantasy writer

Dennis McKenna
born 1950American ethnopharmacologist and author










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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Collbran 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 (16)
- Terence McKenna: Entropath, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Ferguson: Harmanx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David L. Bernhardt: Tami Heilemann/United States Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Nickal: Noah Riffe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hurd: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmo Smith: Oregon State University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Matusz: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis McKenna: Synergetic Press, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabré Cook: mattbuck4950, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank H. Ono: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Ishimoto: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Dearing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert E. Huyser: U.S. European Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fletcher Martin: Peter A. Juley & Son, photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Soper: Hypermanalien, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Bannai: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons