Born near Cedar Hill: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Stuart Roosa is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Closest of all is Alex Kennedy, from Aztec, 10 mi away. No entry yet names Cedar Hill as a birthplace. The longest list in New Mexico is Albuquerque’s, with 51 names.
What stands out about Cedar Hill’s famous people
Famous people born near Cedar Hill
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Esther Martinez
1912–2006New Mexican Tewa language activist and linguist

Melanie Stansbury
born 1979United States Representative from New Mexico since 2021

Mike Dunn
born 1985American baseball player for The Colorado Rockies






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cedar Hill 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 (8)
- Stuart Roosa: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sepp Kuss: Foveon producciones, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Stansbury: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Tully: Vanguard Films, Inc., for the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinn Simmons: Hugo LUC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turrell V. Wylie: White whirlwind, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carmen Small: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Dunn: Sideonecincy on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons