Born near Lake Tanglewood: 17 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Cyd Charisse, with articles in 59 languages. The nearest, Dalton Bell, was born in Canyon, 9 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Lake Tanglewood. Beaumont has the most of any town in Texas: 63.
What stands out about Lake Tanglewood’s famous people
Famous people born near Lake Tanglewood
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.











Charles H. Roan
1923–1944United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Denton Fox
1948–2013American football player, defensive back, cornerback
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Tanglewood 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 (11)
- Cyd Charisse: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Saunders: Library of Congress Life, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Husband: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Jones: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arden Cho: Mattgray0727, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grady Booch: Grady_Booch,_CHM_2011_2.jpg: vonguard from Oakland, Nmibia derivative work: YMS, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Knox: TGC-Topps Gum Cards-photo from Roulette Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Roan: unidentified artist, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Rogers: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Scott: United States Mission to Geneva, Eric Bridiers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Schneider: Corkythehornetfan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons