Famous people · Butte
Born near Butte: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Kerry Weiland, from Palmer, 6 mi away. The longest list of any town in Alaska belongs to Fairbanks, with 49. After Fairbanks, the next longest list in Alaska is Anchorage’s, with 46. No famous person’s birth in Butte is on record yet.
Born nearby
10
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Kerry Weiland
Best known
Kerry Weiland
in 8 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Butte
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Butte and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, 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, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Kerry Weiland: Sara Melikian, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laird Barron: Houari B., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol Palin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Johnston: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.Carol M. Highsmith has stipulate…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Tilton: AKSenMajority, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons