
Born near Parks: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Jeff Landry, from St. Martinville, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Armand Duplantis, with articles in 51 languages. No entry yet names Parks as a birthplace. 233 towns in Louisiana have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Parks’ famous people
Famous people born near Parks
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.










Daniel Cormier
born 1979American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist





Ezola B. Foster
1938–2018American politician, activist, and writer
Koryn Hawthorne
born 1997American contemporary Christian music and gospel singer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Parks 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
- Edwin S. Broussard: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucky Cannon: Sayuncle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Broussard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Richard: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Delhomme: Ed Schipul, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons