Famous people · South Lakes
9 famous people were born within 35 miles of South Lakes
Kerry Weiland is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Closest of all is Bristol Palin, from Wasilla, 5 mi away. Of the towns next door, Wasilla lists the most: 5, with Bristol Palin first. The longest list of any town in Alaska belongs to Fairbanks, with 49.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Kerry Weiland
Best known
Kerry Weiland
in 8 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near South Lakes
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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Of the towns around it, Wasilla has the most on record: 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Lakes 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 (4)
- 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