Famous people · Mountain View
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Mountain View
Chris Hughes, born in Hickory, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kary Mullis, with articles in 69 languages. Across the town line, Hickory lists 35, Chris Hughes first. No famous person on record lists Mountain View as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Kary Mullis
Best known
Kary Mullis
in 69 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mountain View’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mountain View
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Chad Lail
born 1982American police officer and former professional wrestler
J. Pinckney Henderson
1808–1858First Governor of the State of Texas
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Hickory lists the most people: 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain View 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)
- Kary Mullis: Dona Mapston, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tori Amos: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hughes: USV, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Church: Townsquare Media, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Lail: daysofthundr46, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Jarrett: Kim Phillips from Canal Fulton, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoke Smith: Photo copyrighted by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. No copyright renewal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Pinckney Henderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned Jarrett: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Cleamons: File:Lakers White House.jpg: Jason Rosenberg derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Broyhill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Dillingham: Brady Saylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Knighton: The original uploader was Late1 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Dickerson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Isaac: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons