
Born near Twin Forks: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Kim Stanley is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Closest of all is Ronny Cox, from Cloudcroft, 5 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Twin Forks. The New Mexico lists hold names for 95 towns.
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Famous people born near Twin Forks
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.









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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Twin Forks 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)
- Kim Stanley: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronny Cox: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Condon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tristan Gale: Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvette Herrell: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jan Clayton: Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn for the show's sponsor, Campbell's Soup. It was not uncommon in the 1950s and 1960s for publicity material to be distributed by either an advertising or public relations agency., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin L. Mechem: United States Congress Archives - US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Lee Howard: FBI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine D. Ortega: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons