Born near Three Lakes: 21 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jon Brockman, was born in Snohomish, 5 mi away. Glenn Beck is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. No famous person’s birth in Three Lakes is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.
What stands out about Three Lakes’ famous people
Famous people born near Three Lakes
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







Glenn Beck
born 1967American conservative political commentator




Linda Lee Cadwell
born 1945American teacher and the widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Three Lakes 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)
- Glenn Beck: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Couture: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benson Boone: Warner Records, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Close: Sotolux, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Loggins: Jamie Lantzy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry M. Jackson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Lee Cadwell: Linda_Lee_Cadwell.jpg: Steve Durgin from Los Angeles, USA derivative work: Teemeah, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Metcalf: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Dragavon: Mattyc04, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Holmback: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Eason: PaulHamaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Luton: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert A. Brady: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vicki Walker: United States Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons