13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Utica
Closest of all is Jimmie Logsdon, from Panther, 7 mi away. The best known of them is Johnny Depp, with articles in 149 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Utica. 241 of the towns in Kentucky list at least one person.
What stands out about Utica’s famous people
Famous people born near Utica
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.








John Oldham
1923–2020American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Utica 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
- 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
- Glover H. Cary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons