
Born near Four Square Mile: 29 famous people within 35 miles
John Kerry is the most widely known, written about in 109 languages. Of the towns next door, Aurora lists the most: 48, with John Kerry first. Closest of all is David Fincher, from Denver, 6 mi away. No famous person on record lists Four Square Mile as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about Four Square Mile’s famous people
Famous people born near Four Square Mile
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Douglas Fairbanks
1883–1939American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer














Dave Grusin
born 1934American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist

Sheri S. Tepper
1929–2016American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist



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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Aurora has the most people on record, 48 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Four Square Mile 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 (21)
- John Kerry: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Fincher: Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. Hall: NIST, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Fairbanks: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- AnnaSophia Robb: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Searle: FranksValli, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul M. Romer: The original uploader was Doerrb at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Lynch: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Storrie: TKA201, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Grusin: https://www.flickr.com/people/andyi/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mallory Swanson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Van Dyken: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madisen Beaty: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gitanjali Rao: Ramachb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Sandhagen: Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riker Lynch: Paparazzo Presents, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eugene Edwards: Marcus Holland-Moritz from Gärtringen, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Reed: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Gausman: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callan Foote: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hastings, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Sailor: TheSoccerBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

