Born near Sudden Valley: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Billy Burke, born in Bellingham, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jim Caviezel, with articles in 62 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Sudden Valley. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.
What stands out about Sudden Valley’s famous people
Famous people born near Sudden Valley
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Tommy Noonan
1921–1968American actor, screenwriter and producer



Vincent Ostrom
1919–2012American academic, educator and political scientist

Julie Larson-Green
born 1962CEO of the Windows division at Microsoft





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


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sudden Valley 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 (12)
- Jim Caviezel: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. J. Oshie: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Noonan: film screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daran Norris: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Cooper: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Bentyne: Walter Gehring, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hendrickson: User Rabbethan on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gale Bishop: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Larson-Green: Michael Dunn from Silicon Valley, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Okubo: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Elverum: Pat Castaldo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Manthey: Clappstar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons