Born near De Beque: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Clair Finch, from Palisade, 16 mi away. The best known of them is Marilyn Ferguson, with articles in 24 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in De Beque. 132 of the towns in Colorado list at least one person.
What stands out about De Beque’s famous people
Famous people born near De Beque
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






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


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is De Beque 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 (8)
- Marilyn Ferguson: Harmanx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David L. Bernhardt: Tami Heilemann/United States Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maggie Baird: thembnevents on YouTube, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Sabré Cook: mattbuck4950, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons