
Born near Riverbend: 27 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Larry Sanger, with articles in 113 languages. Closest of all is Nikki Stanton, from North Bend, 2 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Riverbend. The Washington lists hold names for 205 towns.
What stands out about Riverbend’s famous people
Famous people born near Riverbend
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Brandi Carlile
born 1981American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter



Larry Sanger
born 1968American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects











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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Riverbend 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 (18)
- Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Layne Staley: Rex Aran Emrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandi Carlile: Rhianon England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach LaVine: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Raines: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kasey Kahne: Morrison_2001, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Horton: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- PZ Myers: Larry Moran (Per e-mail to PZ Myers), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Lincecum: SD Dirk on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Hilty: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Vandersloot: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Dye: Michael Handley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Weaver: Warrenfish, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Hirose: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikki Stanton: LittleBlinky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SYML: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Connors: ハイエナジー, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Carl Andersen: Washington Press-Photo Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons