
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hillburn
Valerie Harper, born in Suffern, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Richard Matheson, with articles in 60 languages. Next door, the list for Suffern holds 28, Valerie Harper first. Across New York, 1,283 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Hillburn’s famous people
Famous people born near Hillburn
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hillburn 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 (6)
- Richard Matheson: JaSunni at PicasaWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Zucker: Asoundd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valerie Harper: photograph: Maggie from Palm Springs, United States derivative work: Wildhartlivie, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Annable: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Muir: Warner Bros.; photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alecko Eskandarian: Css71588, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
