Famous people · Placitas
Born near Placitas: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Ralph Aragon, from Algodones, 4 mi away. Demi Lovato is the most widely known, written about in 132 languages. Of the towns next door, Bernalillo lists Pedro Perea. So far, no famous person on record was born in Placitas.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Demi Lovato
Best known
Demi Lovato
in 132 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Placitas’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Placitas
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Angie Reano Owen
born 1946Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo) jeweler
Kenneth Walker
1898–1943United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
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Bernalillo leads the towns around it, with one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Placitas 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 (11)
- Demi Lovato: Ashley Graham, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nordhaus: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jace Norman: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willow Shields: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annabeth Gish: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mae Marsh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Montoya: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Walker: Official US Army Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Branch: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pedro Perea: the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Anderson: SchmisterTyler, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons