Famous people · Central Park
Born near Central Park: 16 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Kurt Cobain, with articles in 129 languages. The nearest, Dan Spiegle, was born in Cosmopolis, 3 mi away. No famous person on record lists Central Park as their birthplace yet. Across Washington, 205 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Kurt Cobain
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 129 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Central Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Central Park
Nobody born in Central Park is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
Helen Margaret Gilkey
1886–1972American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator
George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central Park 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)
- 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
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons