12 famous people were born within 35 miles of White Marsh
Closest of all is Mike Smith, from Middle River, 3 mi away. Pete Caringi leads the 2 names listed next door in Perry Hall. The best known of them is Frank Zappa, with articles in 110 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from White Marsh yet.
What stands out about White Marsh’s famous people
Famous people born near White Marsh
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Chris Robinson
born 2000American film director and music video director


John Rawls
1921–2002American philosopher, philosophy teacher


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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Perry Hall has the most on record: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is White Marsh 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)
- Michael Phelps: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Kimmie Meissner: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bosley Crowther: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luigi Mangione: Surveillance camera in a subway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnathon Schaech: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew J. Maddox: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
