Famous people · Tacoma
Close to home: 19 famous people born near Tacoma
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Tacoma yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
George C. Scott
Best known
George C. Scott
in 62 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Tacoma
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Tacoma yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
George C. Scott
1927–1999American actor, film director and producer
Thomas Jones
born 1978American footballer player from the United States
Peggie Castle
1927–1973American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies
Clay Stapleton
1921–2014American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tacoma, 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)
- George C. Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peggie Castle: Warner Bros. Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maybelle Carter: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac McClung: CCS Pictures, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. Linwood Holton, Jr.: Virginia Tech, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Jones: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adriana Trigiani: vastateparksstaff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bayard Taylor Horton: © 1998 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons