Born near Monterey: 11 famous people within 35 miles
Hank Steinbrenner, born in Culver, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Games Slayter, with articles in 6 languages. The list for Monterey is empty for now. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
What stands out about Monterey’s famous people
Famous people born near Monterey
Nobody born in Monterey is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.

Hal Steinbrenner
born 1969American professional baseball team owner and executive

John Buchanan
1917–2007Professor of biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stuart Gorrell
1901–1963American banker, wrote the lyrics to "Georgia on My Mind"




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monterey 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 (6)
- Games Slayter: Owens Corning, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Allen: "U.S. Army photo", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Stults: OctopusHat on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Haley: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Middleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Steinbrenner: edogisgod, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons