Born near Smoketown: 15 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, James Whitehill, was born in Strasburg, 4 mi away. Of the towns next door, Bird-in-Hand lists Eliphalet Oram Lyte. The best known of them is Jonathan Groff, with articles in 43 languages. No entry yet names Smoketown as a birthplace.
What stands out about Smoketown’s famous people
Famous people born near Smoketown
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.







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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with a name on record is Bird-in-Hand.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Smoketown 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 (8)
- Jonathan Groff: Alan Light, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Landis: gavandanna, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Behrs: jjduncan_80, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Kinney: Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Young: Rebecca Hammel, U.S. Senate Photographic Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Smith: Portrait by Freeman Thorpe., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wesley Davis: W.D. Murphy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliphalet Oram Lyte: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
