
29 famous people were born within 35 miles of Clear Lake
The nearest, Jim Caviezel, was born in Mount Vernon, 4 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Clear Lake. Across Washington, the lists cover 208 towns. The longest list in Washington is Yakima’s, with 65 names.
What stands out about Clear Lake’s famous people
Famous people born near Clear Lake
The 29 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Mark Hendrickson
born 1974American sportsperson, basketball player and baseball player









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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clear Lake 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 (13)
- Jim Caviezel: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia McPherson: Tifoso223501979, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. Oshie: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene H. Peterson: Clappstar, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Larsen: US House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Sean: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Bentyne: Walter Gehring, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hendrickson: User Rabbethan on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Celia M. Hunter: Cbarlow, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Okubo: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Elverum: Pat Castaldo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eldon Davis: Nixols, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Ballard: Lballard37, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons