Mamie Eisenhower
1896–1979First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
Famous people · Luther
Born near Luther: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Mamie Eisenhower, from Boone, 6 mi away. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61. Iowa City has the second-longest list in Iowa, after Waterloo, with 54. No famous person’s birth in Luther is on record yet.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Mamie Eisenhower
Best known
Mamie Eisenhower
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Luther’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Luther
Nobody born in Luther is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Ray Lyman Wilbur
1875–1949American physician and politician (1875–1949); president of Stanford University from 1933 to 1943
Laurel Clark
1961–2003NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist
Peter Schickele
1935–2024American composer, musical educator, and parodist
Jane Espenson
born 1964American television writer and producer
Neva Patterson
1920–2010American film, stage and television actress
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Luther 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 (11)
- Peter Schickele: Peter Hummers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Burrow: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Paretsky: Slowking4, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Espenson: Ravenu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neva Patterson: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Lyman Wilbur: MohenjoDaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mamah Borthwick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman A. Erbe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Fricke: Bfricke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Moffitt: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, 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