
Born near Cordaville: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Eli Whitney, born in Westborough, 5 mi away, is the closest. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Cordaville. Across the town line, Hopkinton lists 16, Frank Merrill first. The best known of them is Joseph Murray, with articles in 56 languages.
What stands out about Cordaville’s famous people
Famous people born near Cordaville
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Kevin Systrom
born 1983American computer programmer and entrepreneur



Haskell Curry
1900–1982American mathematician and logician
Greg Yaitanes
born 1970American film and television director and producer
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Famous people from the towns next door
Hopkinton leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cordaville 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 (9)
- Eli Whitney: Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Schiff: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Gould: Lucha VaVOOM: Inside Amercia's Most Outrageous Show from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Systrom: Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Coolidge: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Evans: Greg Hernandez from California, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Merrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Storm Large: User:R3dw88d, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nelson Cole: no coneguts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons



