Well, “near” hasn’t been defined, but just picking three who have a lot in common…
Ignatius Loyola
Francis Jaso Azpilcueta aka Francis Xavier
Francis Borja aka Francis Borgia.
And the other guys who founded the SI along with the first two above, they were all from the same general area.
Jeff Probst
Don Johnson
Kirstie Alley
all from my home town
This guy is from an island close to where I live now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Kahanamoku
All born in my hometown and alumni of my high school (first two ahead of me, last two after me):
Elizabeth Hartman (Academy Award-nominated actress, A Patch of Blue)
Maureen McGovern (singer, “The Morning After,” “Theme from Superman”
Dave Dravecky (major league pitcher, Padres and Giants)
Bernie Kosar (NFL quarterback, Cleveland Browns)
From Brisbane, Australia:
Darren Hayes (of Savage Garden, now solo artist)
Kevin Rudd (current Prime Minister)
Wade Robson (well-known choreographer for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and others)
My birth city:
Gorch Fock, sailor and author
Uwe Seeler, football (soccer) player
Douglas Sirk, movie director
My current residence:
Sir Geoffrey Elton, British historian
Eva Haule, terrorist and photographer
Ludwig Uhland, poet and politician
Lou Costello
Buzz Adrin
Jay Mohr
Kal Penn
Well, since dwyr live in the same place, she took mine! 
So I’ll list the town where I was born, Louisville, Ky.:
Muhammad Ali
Hunter S. Thompson
Lionel Hampton
Sue Grafton
Born near where I am now? Or near where I was born? Or near my hometown where I grew up? Those are three different parts of the country.
You can add Scott Gomez to the list. First native Alaskan to play in the NHL, with the added twist of being of Columbian and Mexican descent making him the first Latino to be drafted and play as well. Two Stanley Cups to his name, as well, which qualifies him as famous, I would think.
As for where I was born:
A few NHLers: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Éric Bélanger, David Perron, Matheiu Dandenault, Yanic Perreault, Christian Dubé
Jean Charest, Québec Premier (and former federal MP and leader of the Progressive Conservative party/Deputy Prime Minister)
Singers: Jim Corcoran and Garou
Northrop Frye
Harry Saltzman (producer of James Bond movies)
And from nearby, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor of the Ski-Doo and namesake for the Bombardier companies: BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products) which makes Ski-Doos, Sea-Doos, Spyders, ATVs, etc and Bombardier which make airplanes and trains.
Going by where I live now (city of Utrecht, the Netherlands):
Gerrit Rietveld (architect and designer)
Dick Bruna (very well known writer & illustrator over here. Probably best known as the inventor of Miffy)
Silvia Kristel who I didn’t know was from here - star of the first two Emmanuelle movies (not to be confused with the inferior Emanuelle movies - note spelling).
From where I was born, Charleston, WV:
Kathy Mattea (country singer, born in South Charleston, grew up in Nitro)
Conchata Ferrell (actress in Two and a Half Men, born in Charleston)
Carl Lee (NFL cornerback, was in my class at South Charleston High School)
Didn’t really know (or care, for that matter), so in the spirit of the thread, I looked it up and got Famous people born in Brighton
It lists 41 people born in Brighton, though I couldn’t be bothered to look up which were born in which Brighton.
All I know that of the ones born in “my” Brighton, the most infamous would be Simon Cowell! - what a twat!
I grew up on the Mesabi Iron Range in NE Minnesota.
Off the top of my head:
Gus Hall–head of the CPUSA
Kevin McHale–basketball player
His Bobness a/k/a Bob Dylan (nitpick he was born
in Duluth but grew up in HIbbing)
Brad Whitford
Chris, Kevin & John Farley
Chris Noth
I found out a couple years ago that Brad Whitford’s father and I had the same employer. I spoke to him on the phone occasionally but had no knowledge of the connection until after his retirement.