Famous people · Mecca
Born near Mecca: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Gordon Allport, born in Montezuma, 5 mi away, is the closest. 395 towns in Indiana have at least one famous person on record. No entry yet names Mecca as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Gordon Allport
Best known
Gordon Allport
in 53 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mecca’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mecca
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Warder Clyde Allee
1885–1955American zoologist and ecologist
Harold G. Richter
1925–2001American nuclear chemist and analytical chemist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mecca 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 (7)
- Ernie Pyle: Milton J. Pike, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edward Jones: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warder Clyde Allee: National Academy of Sciences, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Davis Herron: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark L. De Motte: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Harvey Logan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Shepard: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons