Famous people · Penrose
Born near Penrose: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Donald Howard Menzel, was born in Florence, 6 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Penrose. The best known of them is Talcott Parsons, with articles in 62 languages. The longest list of any town in Colorado belongs to Aurora, with 48.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
33 mi
Talcott Parsons
Best known
Talcott Parsons
in 62 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penrose’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penrose
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jim Hawthorne
1918–2007Radio Personality, Television Pioneer, Film Maker, Writer, Television and Radio Comedy
David Packard
1912–1996American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist
Jon Watts
born 1981American film director, producer and screenwriter
David Boyd
American cinematographer, television director and camera operator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penrose 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)
- Talcott Parsons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lon Chaney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Packard: Department of Defense Historical Office Public Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Watts: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Walker: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Bishop: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Romero: Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Sawyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Howard Menzel: The original uploader was Fdavis99 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Withers: film screenshot (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnnie Tolan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G'Angelo Hancock: Jørgen Løken (User:Løken), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Khiry Shelton: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Hiatt: Screenland Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chase Headley: Dirk from San Diego, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kylee Shook: YESNetwork, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty May: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Grimm: Fyunck(click), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard N. Current: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emory S. Land: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franz N. D. Kurie: Donald Cooksey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons