Famous people · Spencerville
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Spencerville
Stuart Roosa is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. The nearest, Alex Kennedy, was born in Aztec, 5 mi away. Of the towns next door, Aztec lists the most: 3, with Alex Kennedy first. No entry yet names Spencerville as a birthplace.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
32 mi
Stuart Roosa
Best known
Stuart Roosa
in 36 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Spencerville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Spencerville
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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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Aztec has the most on record: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spencerville 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