Born near Welby: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Brian Turk, born in Northglenn, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is David Fincher, with articles in 71 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Welby yet. Across Colorado, 134 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Welby’s famous people
Famous people born near Welby
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



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



Cassie Bernall
1981–1999Victim of the Columbine High School Massacre

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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Welby.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Welby 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 (8)
- 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
- Chris Broderick: commons: Lilly M pl.wiki: Lilly M real name: Małgorzata Miłaszewska, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikki Marshall: Hmlarson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
