Famous people · Riverside
Born near Riverside: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Gordon H. Smith, from Pendleton, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Adam West, with articles in 50 languages. No famous person’s birth in Riverside is on record yet. 135 of the towns in Oregon list at least one person.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
33 mi
Adam West
Best known
Adam West
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Riverside’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Riverside
Nobody born in Riverside is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Frances Moore Lappé
born 1944American researcher and author
George Buck Flower
1937–2004American actor and director
Hank Anderson
1920–2005American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Robert N. Stanfield
1877–1945American politician, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and Senator for Oregon
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Riverside 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)
- Adam West: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamza Yusuf: Omar Chatriwala from Doha, Qatar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon H. Smith: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Cockrum: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hackathorne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Miles: Neeta Lind, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Moore Lappé: Rrrowe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Bauer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Kelati: Zorro2212, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert N. Stanfield: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Stockman: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. W. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Chaney: Chaneycampaign, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Bounds: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons