Famous people · Altona
Born near Altona: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Edward Lawrie Tatum, from Boulder, 7 mi away. No entry yet names Altona as a birthplace. 134 of the towns in Colorado list at least one person. The longest list in Colorado is Aurora’s, with 48 names.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Edward Lawrie Tatum
Best known
Edward Lawrie Tatum
in 53 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Altona’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Altona
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Scott Carpenter
1925–2013American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut
John Carroll Lynch
born 1963American character actor and film director
Marilyn Sitzman
1939–1993Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Altona 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 (13)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrie_Tatum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Carpenter: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Schaal: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vance D. Brand: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Reynor: Chris Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Coburn: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack D. Fischer: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Beauprez: U.S. House of Reps., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary Cruz: Donmike10 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gunning: RayAYang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Niehoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nort Billings: George Yates of the Des Moines Register, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons