Famous people · Cambria
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cambria
Closest of all is Joyce Carol Oates, from Lockport, 6 mi away. Of the bordering towns, Lockport has the longest list: 23, with Joyce Carol Oates at the top. Not one famous person on record comes from Cambria yet. Famous people are on record for 1,269 of the towns in New York.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Joyce Carol Oates
Best known
Joyce Carol Oates
in 61 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cambria’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cambria
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Thomas Perry
1947–2025American mystery and thriller novelist
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Lockport: 23.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cambria 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 (17)
- Joyce Carol Oates: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Othniel Charles Marsh: w:en:Mathew Brady (1822-1896) or w:en:Levin Corbin Handy (1855–1932), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William G. Morgan: Hayes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franchot Tone: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Gronkowski: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Webster: Alexandre Cardoso, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belva Ann Lockwood: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William G. Gregory: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Benton: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rashad Evans: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must giv…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Von Erich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Flynn: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Alexis: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucille Clifton: Ria, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Alvarez: Marcelo Alves Lima, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leila Janah: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank A. Dudley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons