
Born near Mount Crested Butte: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Heidi Montag, born in Crested Butte, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Gabe Newell, with articles in 61 languages. No entry yet names Mount Crested Butte as a birthplace. In all of Colorado, the famous people on record come from 134 towns.
What stands out about Mount Crested Butte’s famous people
Famous people born near Mount Crested Butte
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Paolo Bacigalupi
born 1972American science fiction and fantasy writer

Dennis McKenna
born 1950American ethnopharmacologist and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Crested Butte 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)
- Terence McKenna: Entropath, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heidi Montag: Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Ferreira: ChaChaMerengue13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Abbott: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simi Hamilton: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Anderson: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis McKenna: Synergetic Press, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons