Famous people · Stone Park
Born near Stone Park: 27 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Ernest Hemingway, with articles in 208 languages. Closest of all is Michael Finley, from Melrose Park, 1 mi away. 749 towns across Illinois can name a famous person born there. Michael Finley leads the 19 names listed next door in Melrose Park.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Ernest Hemingway
Best known
Ernest Hemingway
in 208 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Stone Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Stone Park
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Walter Burley Griffin
1876–1937American architect and landscape architect
Kelsey Robinson
born 1992American volleyball player and beach volleyball player
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Around it, Melrose Park has the most people on record, 19 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stone Park 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 (16)
- Ernest Hemingway: Lloyd Arnold, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty White: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Rogers: The original uploader was Didius at Dutch Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bach: Corsair133693, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Newhart: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Hahn: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Ramsdell: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Burley Griffin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Franz: Sergei ~ 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Finley: Michael_Finley_pregame_intro.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Prine: Ron Baker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingsnake), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Brown: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Covington: Pkantz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hornacek: Brad Barlow, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelsey Robinson: Zorro2212, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Maggette: eric molina from San Francisco, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons