Famous people · Monterey
Close to home: 22 famous people born near Monterey
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Monterey yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Tim Walz
Best known
Tim Walz
in 74 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Monterey
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Monterey yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Martin E. Marty
1928–2025American historian of religion, educator, author, and theologian
Claire Winlow-Vostrovsky
1871–1963Czech-American university professor, translator, Slavist, librarian, journalist, writer, social activist, suffragette and feminist
Marie Makousky
1905–1955American teacher and local journalist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monterey, 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 aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Tim Walz: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Kyl: Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dern: George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin E. Marty: User:Visviva, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Harder: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard C. Hunter: History Nebraska (formerly Nebraska State Historical Society), Lincoln, Nebraska., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Kyl: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Val Peterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons