
Born near Cold Springs: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Mädchen Amick is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. The nearest, Curtis Hanson, was born in Reno, 12 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Cold Springs yet. No town in Nevada lists more than Henderson, with 19.
What stands out about Cold Springs’ famous people
Famous people born near Cold Springs
Nobody born in Cold Springs is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.








George Philbrook
1884–1964American gridiron football player and athletics competitor


Douglas Kelley
1912–1958U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cold 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 (12)
- Mädchen Amick: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Hanson: David Shankbone (attribution required), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Mancuso: Christian Jansky (User:Tschaensky), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Wells: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristoffer Polaha: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Taylor: Noah Riffe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Gibbons: Congressional Pictorial Directory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stacey Cook: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryce Bennett: Dispe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Sullivan: Castagna; the original work was uploaded by User:Dispe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- April Stewart: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Philbrook: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons