Born near West Berlin: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jermaine Jones, was born in Pine Hill, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Christina Grimmie, with articles in 52 languages. Across the town line, Voorhees Township lists 13, Kelsi Dahlia first. No famous person’s birth in West Berlin is on record yet.
What stands out about West Berlin’s famous people
Famous people born near West Berlin
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







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Famous people from the towns next door
Voorhees Township leads the towns around it, with 13 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Berlin 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)
- Christina Grimmie: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Ripa: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamika Catchings: Ruben.caraveo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Paul: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelsi Dahlia: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brit Morgan: Rach from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zac Farro: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Ryan: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlton R. Rouh: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


