History · Brooklyn
Close to home
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Brooklyn yet, but 17 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Mendota · 7 mi
Bill Brown
American football player, born 1938
Helen E. Hokinson
American cartoonist
William Louis Beatty
United States federal judgeGeorge Bristow
Major League Baseball outfielderJesse Harper
American football player and coachRobben Wright Fleming
American lawyer and professorEloise Lownsbery
American writerJohn Alden Shoudy
14 Dec 1841 - 25 May 1901Edward Edson Lee
American children's writer
John Joseph Myers
Catholic archbishop
Gary K. Wolf
American authorDave Dupee
American basketball player
John F. McGee
United States federal judgeMichael M. Mihm
United States federal judgeBetty Degner
Baseball player