Famous people · Holland
Born near Holland: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Leander J. Foley, born in Random Lake, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is David Leitch, with articles in 31 languages. Next door, Lima lists one, Harold F. Huibregtse. So far, no famous person on record was born in Holland.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
David Leitch
Best known
David Leitch
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Holland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Holland
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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Close by, Lima counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holland 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 (8)
- David Leitch: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Mason: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Elmer Smith: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Evers: Tony Evers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Dekker: FCBQ, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Lau: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Wolf: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Matzdorf: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons