Famous people · Southeast
Born near Southeast: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Fanny Crosby, was born in Brewster, 1 mi away. P. T. Barnum is the most widely known, written about in 95 languages. Across the town line, Danbury lists 50, Charles Ives first. Not one famous person on record comes from Southeast yet.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
P. T. Barnum
Best known
P. T. Barnum
in 95 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Southeast’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Southeast
Nobody born in Southeast is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Ian Falconer
1959–2023American illustrator and writer, costume and set designer
Smayla diakhite
born 1977American actor, director, and model
Joel Barlow
1754–1812American poet, diplomat, politician and businessman
Caitlyn Jenner
born 1949American media personality and retired decathlete
Rick Carey
born 1963American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Southeast 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)
- P. T. Barnum: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caitlyn Jenner: US Mission to the UN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Branigan: Distributed by Atlantic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ives: Clara Sipprell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Blyth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Lange: 20th Century Fox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Brandis: Airwolfberlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Schneider: Philkon Phil Konstantin. Cropped and edited by Entheta, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fanny Crosby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsey Jacobellis: http://www.VancityAllie.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gavin MacLeod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Basel15, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mariette Hartley: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Barlow: Robert Fulton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna von Oy: Glasgow Skinner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Kelly: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons