27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Valparaiso
Closest of all is Anna Banks, from Niceville, 4 mi away. Next door, the list for Niceville holds 6, Anna Banks first. Kevin Stitt is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Valparaiso yet.
What stands out about Valparaiso’s famous people
Famous people born near Valparaiso
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Mark Edwin Lewis
born 1970American operations researcher






Buck Showalter
born 1956American baseball player, coach, manager

Dexter McNabb
born 1969American football player, running back, fullback

Durell Peaden
1945–2015Doctor, lawyer, politician

Lance Richbourg
1897–1975American college baseball player, Major League Baseball player, outfielder, college baseball coach



Mark Everett
born 1968American track and field athlete, middle-distance runner, track and field coach, Olympian


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Famous people from the towns next door
Niceville has the longest list next door: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Valparaiso 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 (14)
- Kevin Stitt: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba Watson: B Wendell Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexa Guarachi: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ewing: Patryk Chmiel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aric Almirola: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Elam: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boo Weekley: Boo_Weekley.jpg: mrnoy9n @ Flickr derivative work: Austin512, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buck Showalter: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Evers: Florida House Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Uthmeier: Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Anderson: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durell Peaden: State of Florida, State Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Richbourg: Artist not known, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Celestine Sibley: 23emr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons