Famous people · Masonville
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Masonville
Closest of all is Johnny Depp, from Owensboro, 7 mi away. No entry yet names Masonville as a birthplace. 230 of the towns in Kentucky list at least one person. The longest list in Kentucky is Covington’s, with 54 names.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Johnny Depp
Best known
Johnny Depp
in 147 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Masonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Masonville
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bill Peet
1915–2002Artist, illustrator, author, animator and story teller
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Masonville 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 (8)
- Nicky Hayden: Box Repsol, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Ewell: Friedman-Abeles, New York. Stamp is partial, but the photographer did many New York theater photos; we have quite a few here at Commons., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendell Ford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Peet: Bill Murphy, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Hagan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virgil Earp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Courtney Curran: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard P. Bland: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons