
Born near Paramount-Long Meadow: 23 famous people within 35 miles
LA Knight, born in Hagerstown, 3 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Paramount-Long Meadow is on record yet. 196 of the towns in Maryland list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Maryland belongs to Frederick, with 55.
What stands out about Paramount-Long Meadow’s famous people
Famous people born near Paramount-Long Meadow
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.











John Clarke Young
1803–1857American educator, pastor, academic administrator, and fourth president of Centre College




Goodloe Byron
1929–1978American politician from Maryland, US
John Van Lear Findlay
1839–1907U.S. Representative from Maryland
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paramount-Long Meadow 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)
- LA Knight: Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Scott: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Brooks: Takedown Wrestling, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert McClelland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis E. McComas: Prince, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodloe Byron: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed McCaffrey: Denver Police, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Casey: in The progressive men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vol. 2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Bishop: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Clarke Young: John Sartain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Goucher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Bear: Donald Dryer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Fitzwater: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Dunbar Embick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons