Born near Evans: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Amanda Peterson, born in Greeley, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kristen Schaal, with articles in 42 languages. Next door, Greeley lists 26, led by Amanda Peterson. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Evans.
What stands out about Evans’ famous people
Famous people born near Evans
Nobody born in Evans is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.




Jean Bethke Elshtain
1941–2013American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual








Byron White
1917–2002Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player

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Famous people from the towns next door
Greeley has the longest list next door: 26.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Evans 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 (13)
- Kristen Schaal: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Lloyd: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vance D. Brand: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Reynor: Chris Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Heder: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Smith: Jasonsmithsixers.JPG: The original uploader was Pmandawg88 at English Wikipedia. derivative work: Pacoperez6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Wilson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Allard: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Carwin: The Doppelganger on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Crow: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Musgrave: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons