
Born near Verdi: 15 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, 7 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Verdi yet. The Nevada lists hold names for 30 towns.
What stands out about Verdi’s famous people
Famous people born near Verdi
Nobody born in Verdi is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.







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

Sarah Peters
born 1987American politician and environmental engineer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Verdi 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)
- 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
- Hobart Cavanaugh: Film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons