Robert Allen Pease
1940–2011American electronics engineer and technical author
Famous people · Crystal Lake
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Crystal Lake
Closest of all is Robert Allen Pease, from Rockville, 6 mi away. Of the bordering towns, Stafford has the longest list: 8, with Julius Converse at the top. Jonathan Edwards is the most widely known, written about in 43 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Crystal Lake.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Jonathan Edwards
Best known
Jonathan Edwards
in 43 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Crystal Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Crystal Lake
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jared Sparks
1789–1866American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister
Jonathan Edwards
1703–1758Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
Nathaniel Lyon
1818–1861First Union general to be killed in the American Civil War
Victoria Aveyard
born 1990American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction and screenplays
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Around it, Stafford has the most people on record, 8 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crystal Lake 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 (15)
- Jonathan Edwards: Henry Augustus Loop after Joseph Badger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meghann Fahy: Niko Vermeer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Lyon: National Park Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sereno Watson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Aveyard: Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Clark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Loomis: Elias Loomis or H. A. Newton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Hathaway: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Emory Smith: The original uploader was Nbruschi at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha M. Pease: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Hainsey: Benjamin Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Robbins Brown: 日本基督教会, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George N. Barnard: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Sparks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Strong: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons