Famous people · Ferndale
Born near Ferndale: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Gillberg, born in Glen Burnie, 3 mi away, is the closest. Across the town line, Glen Burnie lists 4, Gillberg first. The best known of them is Frank Zappa, with articles in 110 languages. No famous person’s birth in Ferndale is on record yet.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Frank Zappa
Best known
Frank Zappa
in 110 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ferndale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ferndale
Nobody born in Ferndale is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Johns Hopkins
1795–1873American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and abolitionist
Franklin Adreon
1902–1979Screenwriter, director, producer, actor
John Rawls
1921–2002American philosopher, philosophy teacher
Jack Andraka
born 1997American scientist, inventor and cancer researcher
Andrew Gemmell
born 1991American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Glen Burnie has the most people on record, 4 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ferndale 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 (7)
- John Rawls: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Photograph taken by Alec Rawls, John's son. The portrait was uncredited on the original dust jacket, but Alec is identified as its photographer on the copyright page of the 1994 German-lang…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Clancy: Gary Wayne Gilbert, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Ruth: Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Braxton: The Heart Truth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Stephenson: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johns Hopkins: Bendann Brothers (American, active 1850s - 1873), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Andraka: XPRIZE Foundation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons