Famous people · Burbank
Born near Burbank: 30 famous people within 35 miles
Jane Lynch is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. Of the bordering towns, Chicago has the longest list: 37, with Walt Disney at the top. Closest of all is Dan Donegan, from Oak Lawn, 2 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Burbank.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Jane Lynch
Best known
Jane Lynch
in 59 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Burbank’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Burbank
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jeff Rowe
born 1986American television writer and film director
Jenny McCarthy
born 1972American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
David A. Patterson
born 1947American computer scientist
Anthony Rocco Martin
born 1989American mixed martial artist
Eric Rohmann
born 1957American children's illustrator and writer
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Around it, Chicago has the most people on record, 37 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Burbank 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)
- Jane Lynch: Peterb1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Hayes: Sean Hayes - 브로드웨이 진출한 LG 드럼세탁기.jpg: LG전자, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Guzan: Antonio.tinajero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Lien: David Dumbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Patterson: Peg Skorpinski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Strus: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall Coyne: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Dvorak: Jfvoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gerald Casey: Notordinaryatall, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Baar Topinka: Photographer: Shawn T. Moore Series: Digital Photographs Relating to Agency Officials, Events, and Activities File Unit: Office of the 21st Century Workforce - 2004 Opportunity Conference, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. McFarland: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Kluszewski: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Kupec: Unidentified (Michiganensian is the University of Michigan yearbook published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Rzepczynski: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Byrdak: slgckgc on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Bogusevic: batgeek on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Rowe: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert McClory: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Pashos: Michael Wifall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Fenn: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons