Famous people · West Orange
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of West Orange
Janis Joplin is the most widely known, written about in 100 languages. Closest of all is Kay Panabaker, from Orange, 3 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from West Orange yet. The longest list in Texas is Beaumont’s, with 63 names.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Janis Joplin
Best known
Janis Joplin
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about West Orange’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near West Orange
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert Rauschenberg
1925–2008American painter and graphic artist
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Around it, Orange has the most people on record, 21 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Orange 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)
- Janis Joplin: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias: World Wide Photos/ Archival by La Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Rauschenberg: Fvlcrvm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crippen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Winter: Masahiro Sumori, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay Panabaker: John B. Mueller, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Keyes: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons