Famous people · Lydia
Born near Lydia: 25 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Armand Duplantis, with articles in 51 languages. Kathleen Blanco, born in New Iberia, 6 mi away, is the closest. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lydia. The longest list of any town in Louisiana belongs to Lake Charles, with 67.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
24 mi
Armand Duplantis
Best known
Armand Duplantis
in 51 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lydia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lydia
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Murphy J. Foster
1849–1921American politician and entrepreneur
Daniel Cormier
born 1979American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist
Ezola B. Foster
1938–2018American politician, activist, and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lydia 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 (15)
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Rae: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danneel Ackles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Poirier: TheDurandal42, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Landry: DHSgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Cormier: X2o, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Blanco: David Valdez--HUD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hunter Hayes: CraigShipp.com Photos - Events / People / Places' photostream, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ali Landry: Luke Ford, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Illinois Jacquet: Gottlieb, William P., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murphy J. Foster: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murphy J. Foster: Photographer not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucky Cannon: Sayuncle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Broussard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Kershaw: Republic Country Club, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons