Famous people · York
Born near York: 11 famous people within 35 miles
Herb Plews, born in East Helena, 12 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Gary Cooper, with articles in 97 languages. Across Montana, 106 towns list someone born there. So far, no famous person on record was born in York.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Gary Cooper
Best known
Gary Cooper
in 97 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about York’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near York
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Kelly Flynn
1954–2021Member of the Montana House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is York 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)
- Gary Cooper: Warner Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrna Loy: George Hurrell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Duffy: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dirk Benedict: Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Baucus: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean O'Malley: Musicmakestheworldgoround, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spruille Braden: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herb Plews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Anderson: Gazdastephanie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons