14 famous people were born within 35 miles of North Light Plant
Closest of all is Alex Kennedy, from Aztec, 5 mi away. Stuart Roosa is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. No town in New Mexico lists more than Albuquerque, with 51. After Albuquerque, the next longest list in New Mexico is Santa Fe’s, with 42.
What stands out about North Light Plant’s famous people
Famous people born near North Light Plant
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

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

Mike Dunn
born 1985American baseball player for The Colorado Rockies
Esther Martinez
1912–2006New Mexican Tewa language activist and linguist






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Light Plant 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
- Quinn Simmons: Hugo LUC, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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