
Born near Asharoken: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Of the towns next door, Northport lists the most: 9, with Patti LuPone first. Glenn Close is the most widely known, written about in 82 languages. Closest of all is Patti LuPone, from Northport, 3 mi away. No famous person on record lists Asharoken as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about Asharoken’s famous people
Famous people born near Asharoken
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.










Treat Williams
1951–2023American actor, producer, director, and author





Tom Noonan
1951–2026American actor, director, and screenwriter
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Northport lists the most people: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Asharoken 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 (15)
- Thomas Pynchon: Photo presumably taken by "Mr. DiLillo", who was identified as staff photographer of The Oysterette (Mead 1989, p. 170)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Lloyd: Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charli D'Amelio: Brad Mondo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Joan Hart: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Harrison: Szymon Sokół, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Smith: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Treat Williams: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Lieberman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Ranaldo: Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie Kuckenburg: HollywoodA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patti LuPone: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Coons: U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Silver: Dimitri Savitski, SAVITSKI, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Noonan: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
