Born near Key Center: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Stuart Hawkins, born in Fox Island, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Bing Crosby, with articles in 123 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Key Center. 205 towns in Washington have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Key Center’s famous people
Famous people born near Key Center
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Brian Sullivan
1966–2014American politician and lawyer, assistant district attorney, murdered in 2014




Dyan Cannon
born 1937American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer

Richard Brautigan
1935–1984American novelist, poet, and short story writer

Philip Abelson
1913–2004US physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Key Center 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)
- 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
- Philip Abelson: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Seferian-Jenkins: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons