Famous people · Canterwood
Born near Canterwood: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Kyle Stanley, from Gig Harbor, 3 mi away. The list for Canterwood is empty for now. The best known of them is Bing Crosby, with articles in 123 languages. The nearest list is next door in Gig Harbor: 9 names, starting with Kyle Stanley.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Bing Crosby
Best known
Bing Crosby
in 123 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Canterwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Canterwood
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Dyan Cannon
born 1937American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer
Richard Brautigan
1935–1984American novelist, poet, and short story writer
Madelaine Petsch
born 1994American actress and YouTuber
Philip Abelson
1913–2004US physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory
Brian Sullivan
1966–2014American politician and lawyer, assistant district attorney, murdered in 2014
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Around it, Gig Harbor has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canterwood 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 (8)
- Bing Crosby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Herbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Gigandet: MuseLed, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dyan Cannon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Brautigan: Olivier Dalmon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madelaine Petsch: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Abelson: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Seferian-Jenkins: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons