Born near Garden: 31 famous people within 35 miles
Melvin A. Cook, born in Garden City, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kip S. Thorne, with articles in 68 languages. The list for Garden is empty for now. 120 towns in Utah have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Garden’s famous people
Famous people born near Garden
Nobody born in Garden is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.





J. Allen Crockett
1906–1994Justice of the Utah Supreme Court





Marriner Stoddard Eccles
1890–1977American economist and banker



Joseph Smith Jessop
1869–1953Early patriarch in the Mormon fundamentalist movement and co-founder of the Short Creek Community.


Richard F. Daines
1951–2011Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Garden 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 (15)
- Kip S. Thorne: Keenan Pepper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gutzon Borglum: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gilbert: MGM studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Merlin Olsen: Robert Lachman, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David M. Kennedy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marriner Stoddard Eccles: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Stewart: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris R. Jeppson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Shepherd: Burr McIntosh Monthly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sergio Flores: James Calder/Crystal Palace FC USA, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Blaine Anderson: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John William Woolf: Steele and Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Cowley: Leo Joseph Muir, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Jasper Kerr: Ball Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Hart: Andrew Jenson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons