Born near Ryland Heights: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Ciara Bravo, with articles in 48 languages. The nearest, Art Schmidt, was born in Cold Spring, 2 mi away. The list for Ryland Heights is empty for now. Of the bordering towns, Covington has the longest list: 54, with Adrian Belew at the top.
What stands out about Ryland Heights’ famous people
Famous people born near Ryland Heights
Nobody born in Ryland Heights is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.












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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Covington counts 54 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ryland Heights 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 (13)
- Ciara Bravo: Margaret Gardiner, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Lucien Hubbard: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pollock Anshutz: Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Kirk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taliaferro Thompson: Phillips Studio, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Duveneck: J. Landy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carly Pearce: BruceC007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Mayer: Airman 1st Class Jordan McCoy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


