Photo: Yordanpopovbg · CC BY-SA 4.0Maple Valley is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Nikolas Besagno, the American soccer player, with articles in 3 languages. Behind the leader come Taylor Matheny and Paul Graves. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in Washington list nobody born there. Over 17 years of births, the list goes from Taylor Matheny (1979) to Zan Fiskum (1996).
Born in Maple Valley
Two of the three are athletes.
What Maple Valley is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Maple Valley
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Who’s the most famous person from Maple Valley?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Maple Valley’s most famous person is.
Famous people from the towns next door
Kent has the longest list next door: 22.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maple Valley and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- PZ Myers: Larry Moran (Per e-mail to PZ Myers), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mariah Lee: John Shorten, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

