Born near Carter Springs: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Lawrence Jacobsen, born in Gardnerville, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jamie Anderson, with articles in 32 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Carter Springs yet. Across Nevada, 31 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Carter Springs’ famous people
Famous people born near Carter Springs
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carter Springs 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)
- Jamie Anderson: The Camp of Champions Snowboard & Ski Summer Camp from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wovoka: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Amodei: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice E. McLoughlin: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Woodland: Lesley Bohm, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Namoff: Doug Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Needham: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Little: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons