Famous people · Grand Junction
27 famous people were born within 35 miles of Grand Junction
Closest of all is Jim Doran, from Beaver, 5 mi away. Mamie Eisenhower is the most widely known, written about in 57 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Grand Junction yet. The Iowa lists hold names for 457 towns.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Mamie Eisenhower
Best known
Mamie Eisenhower
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grand Junction’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grand Junction
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Darrell R. Lindsey
1919–1944United States Army Air Forces Medal of Honor recipient
Mamie Eisenhower
1896–1979First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
Ray Lyman Wilbur
1875–1949American physician and politician (1875–1949); president of Stanford University from 1933 to 1943
Thomas George Lanphier, Sr.
1890–1972Major in the United States Army
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grand Junction 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 (12)
- George Gallup: Norman James, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Shriver: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Lyman Wilbur: MohenjoDaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Fadden: film screenshot (Allied Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mamah Borthwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman A. Erbe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrell R. Lindsey: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph A. A. Burnquist: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Stanley: New York Yankees, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Doran: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas George Lanphier, Sr.: US Army photo WWII era via San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl A. Youngdale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons