Famous people · Prospect Park
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Prospect Park
Riki Lindhome is the most widely known, written about in 30 languages. The nearest, Joseph T. McNarney, was born in Emporium, 1 mi away. Of the towns next door, Emporium lists Joseph T. McNarney. No famous person on record lists Prospect Park as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
20 mi
Riki Lindhome
Best known
Riki Lindhome
in 30 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Prospect Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Prospect Park
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Joanna Shields
born 1962American businesswomen, vice president and managing director of Facebook EMEA
William A. Shear
born 1942American arachnologist and myriapodologist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Emporium has the most on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prospect Park 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)
- Joseph T. McNarney: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward C. Meyer: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Sestina: Zafer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kinney: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beimel: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Roach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sobieski Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons