
Born near Mountain View: 6 famous people within 35 miles
Merrill Bradshaw, born in Lyman, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Dana Perino, with articles in 24 languages. No famous person on record lists Mountain View as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Wyoming belongs to Cheyenne, with 68.
What stands out about Mountain View’s famous people
Famous people born near Mountain View
They were born in 2 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Dana Perino
born 1972American conservative political commentator and the 24th White House Press Secretary


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain View 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 (4)
- Dana Perino: AndyHemmerCincinnati, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brady Poppinga: Ryan_Grant_handoff.jpg: Paul Kehrer derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merrill Bradshaw: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Poppinga: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons