
Born near Cedar Highlands: 12 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Mike Leavitt, was born in Cedar City, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Alma Richards, with articles in 23 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Cedar Highlands. In Utah, 120 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Cedar Highlands’ famous people
Famous people born near Cedar Highlands
Nobody born in Cedar Highlands is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.


Celeste Maloy
born 1981American lawyer and Utah land rights advocate



Alma Richards
1890–1963American Olympic high jump gold medalist athlete, soldier, lawyer and teacher
Scott Milne Matheson, Sr.
1897–1958United States Attorney for the District of Utah


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cedar Highlands 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)
- Alma Richards: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Leavitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Celeste Maloy: CelesteMaloy2023, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Foster Snow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Talbot: PositivelyCleveland on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Havili-Heimuli: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons