Twenty Nearest Stars:

    star             apparent   stellar  distance
                         mag     type   (parsecs)
----------------------------------------------
Proxima Centauri      11.5     M5 V   1.3
Alpha Centauri         0.1     G2 V   1.3
Barnard's star         9.5     M5 V   1.8
Wolf 359              13.5     M6e    2.3
Lalande 21185          7.5     M2 V   2.5
Sirius                -1.5     A1 V   2.6
Luyten 726-8          12.5     M6e V  2.7
Ross 154              10.6     M5e V  2.9
Ross 248              12.2     M6e V  3.2
Epsilon Eridani        3.7     K2 V   3.3
Luyten 789-6          12.2     M6 V   3.3
Ross 128              11.1     M5 V   3.3
61 Cygni               5.2     K5 V   3.4
Epsilon Indi           4.7     K5 V   3.4
Procyon                0.3     F5I V  3.5
Sigma 2398             8.9     M3 V   3.5
Groombridge 34         8.1     M1 V   3.6
Lacaille 9352          7.4     M2 V   3.6
Tau Ceti               3.5     G8 V   3.7
Lacaille 8760          6.7     M1 V   3.8
----------------------------------------------

Excerpt from the Encyclopedia Britannica without permission.