
Born near Indian Hills: 23 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Mark Amodei, was born in Carson City, 5 mi away. Jamie Anderson is the most widely known, written about in 32 languages. No famous person on record lists Indian Hills as their birthplace yet. 30 towns in Nevada have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Indian Hills’ famous people
Famous people born near Indian Hills
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





Nancy Angelo
born 1953Organizational psychologist/formerly(performance/video artist)

Lydia Adams-Williams
1867–1928American writer and conservationist




Albert Wilder "Bruce" Taylor
1875–1948American journalist
Sarah Peters
born 1987American politician and environmental engineer




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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Carson City, at 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Indian Hills 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 (14)
- Jamie Anderson: The Camp of Champions Snowboard & Ski Summer Camp from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hobart Cavanaugh: Film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Amodei: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice E. McLoughlin: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrie Clark Ward: Marshall Neilan Productions / Associated First National Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Woodland: Lesley Bohm, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred B. Balzar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Kirman, Sr.: "Reno Evening Gazette" (Reno, NV)., Public domain, 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
- Lydia Adams-Williams: Deseret News, 1917, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Wilder "Bruce" Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanner Thorson: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
