20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Eldorado Springs
Lenny Metz, born in Superior, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Edward Lawrie Tatum, with articles in 53 languages. No famous person on record lists Eldorado Springs as their birthplace yet. 138 towns in Colorado have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Eldorado Springs’ famous people
Famous people born near Eldorado Springs
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


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


Marilyn Sitzman
1939–1993Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination


Colin Duffy
born 2003American rock climber and competition climber

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eldorado Springs 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
- Lars Sullivan: Shared Account, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Duffy: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons