
Born near River Road: 25 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Donald M. Kendall, was born in Sequim, 2 mi away. John Elway is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in River Road. Next door, the list for Sequim holds 3, Donald M. Kendall first.
What stands out about River Road’s famous people
Famous people born near River Road
The 25 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.









Art McLarney
1908–1984Professional baseball player; college baseball, basketball, and football coach





Esther Pohl Lovejoy
1869–1967American physician and international relief worker
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Sequim has the most people on record, 3 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is River Road 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 (14)
- Patricia McPherson: Tifoso223501979, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Kilmer: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrienne Lyle: IzaroFernandezG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita L. Allen: sfllaw, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Sean: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald M. Kendall: MichaelVaV, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Esther Pohl Lovejoy: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hazel Sampson: Neddy1234 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaquori McLaughlin: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parker Lundgren: Rockman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimba Wood: PublicResourceOrg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art McLarney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Hunt: Davehunt40, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Ballard: Lballard37, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
