Born near Gananda: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Philip Seymour Hoffman, was born in Fairport, 6 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Gananda yet. Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain is the one name listed next door in Walworth. 1,265 towns across New York can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Gananda’s famous people
Famous people born near Gananda
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Rick Beato
born 1962American YouTuber, guitarist, record producer



Paul Buchheit
born 1977American computer engineer; created Gmail


Gregor Gillespie
born 1987American collegiate wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter


Harold F. Loomis
1896–1976American botanist and myriapodologist





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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Walworth: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gananda 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)
- John Lithgow: Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Lochte: Rory, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cab Calloway: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Forster: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Buchheit: Robert Scoble from Half Moon Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendy O. Williams: Chosei Funahara, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Almon Brown Strowger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Henning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Magnus Sheffield: Joost Pauwels, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregor Gillespie: MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbridge G. Lapham: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Beato: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truman H. Aldrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David P. Richardson: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
