
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Santa Maria
Closest of all is Raquel Rodriguez, from La Feria, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Bobby Morrow, with articles in 42 languages. No entry yet names Santa Maria as a birthplace. Beaumont has the most of any town in Texas: 63.
What stands out about Santa Maria’s famous people
Famous people born near Santa Maria
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Santa Maria 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)
- Bobby Morrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Stahl: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raquel Rodriguez: Brandon Oliver, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Nielsen Chapman: Dr Photo / Kevin Smith, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Filemon Vela: Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Spielberg: Screen Gems, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kika de la Garza: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rolando Hinojosa: Taken by Jeffrey Yoshimi at Taste of Little India. Image uploaded on Wikipedia by User:Jyoshimi on December 16, 2006., CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons