
Born near Aberdeen Gardens: 22 famous people within 35 miles
No entry yet names Aberdeen Gardens as a birthplace. The nearest, Kurt Cobain, was born in Aberdeen, 6 mi away. Across Washington, the lists cover 210 towns. Yakima’s 65 names make the longest list in Washington.
What stands out about Aberdeen Gardens’ famous people
Famous people born near Aberdeen Gardens
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist



Helen Margaret Gilkey
1886–1972American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator


Denne Bart Petitclerc
1929–2006American journalist, television producer and screenwriter




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aberdeen Gardens 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 (12)
- Kurt Cobain: P.B. Rage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Osheroff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Danielson: Megan Elice Meadows, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Kleeb: film screenshot (Edward Small Prod. / United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eldon Bargewell: United States Army Special Operations Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Paulsen: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus E. Raichle: Per Henning/NTNU, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben H. Fleet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Bighill: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Craighead: United States Air Force Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Corbally: Not known. However, given that it shows the president of the university, and was published in the alumni news, and they're announcing the Brundage Scholarships, there is strong indication that it was taken by an employee of or at the direction of th…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons