
Born near Kanarraville: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Mike Leavitt, from Cedar City, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Alma Richards, with articles in 23 languages. The longest list in Utah is Logan’s, with 56 names. Provo has the second-longest list in Utah, after Logan, with 52.
What stands out about Kanarraville’s famous people
Famous people born near Kanarraville
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


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 Kanarraville 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 (9)
- 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
- Don Leo Jonathan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herb Wilkinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Havili-Heimuli: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons