
Born near Crisman: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Edward Lawrie Tatum, was born in Boulder, 7 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Crisman yet. 138 towns in Colorado have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Colorado belongs to Aurora, with 48.
What stands out about Crisman’s famous people
Famous people born near Crisman
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Scott Carpenter
1925–2013American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut
John Carroll Lynch
born 1963American character actor and film director





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crisman 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)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrie_Tatum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Carpenter: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Coburn: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack D. Fischer: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary Cruz: Donmike10 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Niehoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nort Billings: George Yates of the Des Moines Register, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons