Famous people · Village Green
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Village Green
Tom Cruise is the most widely known, written about in 126 languages. The nearest, Don Paige, was born in Baldwinsville, 2 mi away. No famous person on record lists Village Green as their birthplace yet. 1,300 of the towns in New York list at least one person.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Tom Cruise
Best known
Tom Cruise
in 126 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Village Green’s famous people
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Famous people born near Village Green
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Leonard Bacon
1887–1954American poet, translator, and literary critic
Robert F. Engle
born 1942American economist and Nobel laureate
Bobcat Goldthwait
born 1962American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter
Eric Carle
1929–2021American author and illustrator for children
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Village Green 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 (7)
- Robert F. Engle: Econterms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Woese: Don Hamerman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Serling: CBS Television via the Bureau of Industrial Service. During the 1950s and 1960s, television networks, program sponsors and studios often used either advertising or public relations agencies to distribute publicity materials. The Bureau was a divisio…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Carle: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Corbin: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinsley S. Bingham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Regan Smith: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons