21 famous people were born within 35 miles of La Salle
Kristen Schaal is the most widely known, written about in 42 languages. Closest of all is Amanda Peterson, from Greeley, 6 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in La Salle. The Colorado lists hold names for 135 towns.
What stands out about La Salle’s famous people
Famous people born near La Salle
Nobody born in La Salle is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.




Jean Bethke Elshtain
1941–2013American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual






Byron White
1917–2002Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is La Salle 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)
- Kristen Schaal: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Lloyd: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vance D. Brand: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Reynor: Chris Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Heder: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Smith: Jasonsmithsixers.JPG: The original uploader was Pmandawg88 at English Wikipedia. derivative work: Pacoperez6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Wilson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Allard: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Carwin: The Doppelganger on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Crow: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Musgrave: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Rosa: LindaRosaRN, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons