15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Crestview
The nearest, Glenn Withrow, was born in Highland Heights, 2 mi away. Dave Cowens is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. Of the towns next door, Cold Spring lists Art Schmidt. 222 towns in Kentucky have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Crestview’s famous people
Famous people born near Crestview
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Frederick William Franz
1893–1992American Watch Tower Society president

Erich Maren Schlaikjer
1905–1972American geologist and dinosaur hunter
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, only Cold Spring has someone listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crestview 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)
- Dave Cowens: Robert Kingsbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Belew: Burton Lo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Una Merkel: Clarence Bull, for MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bunning: From collection of JGHowes, self-scanned for Wikipedia. Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick William Franz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Hubbard: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pollock Anshutz: Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons