
Born near Beverly Hills: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Jennifer Love Hewitt, born in Waco, 3 mi away, is the closest. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Beverly Hills. In all of Texas, the famous people on record come from 659 towns. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63.
What stands out about Beverly Hills’ famous people
Famous people born near Beverly Hills
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Steve Martin
born 1945American comedian, actor, musician and writer



Corinne Griffith
1894–1979American actress, film producer, author



John R. Kane
1907–1996United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

Cindy Walker
1917–2006American songwriter, country music singer and dancer

Frankie Lee
1941–2015American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter




William Sidney Graves
1865–1940United States Army general in World War I
John Middleton
1900–1986Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beverly Hills 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 (14)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashlee Simpson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Wright Mills: Institute for Policy Studies, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Donnall Thomas: Ca.garcia.s, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Griffith: Vitagraph Company of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blind Willie Johnson: Columbia Records "race series", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Connally: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Sidney Graves: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Podsednik: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florine McKinney: Picture-Play Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Reeves: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John D. Hickerson: US State Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Little: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Kane: US DoD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons