Famous people · Pleasant Ridge
Born near Pleasant Ridge: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Virgil Earp, born in Hartford, 11 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Johnny Depp, with articles in 148 languages. No famous person’s birth in Pleasant Ridge is on record yet. Famous people are on record for 236 of the towns in Kentucky.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Johnny Depp
Best known
Johnny Depp
in 148 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pleasant Ridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pleasant Ridge
Nobody born in Pleasant Ridge is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Oldham
1923–2020American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Ridge 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
- Bill Monroe: Norran Lamberson. Waylon at de.wikipedia, Public domain, 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
- Cliff Hagan: Essex Meats, 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