Famous people · Ogden
Born near Ogden: 28 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Mamie Eisenhower, with articles in 57 languages. Jim Doran, born in Beaver, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Ogden is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Mamie Eisenhower
Best known
Mamie Eisenhower
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ogden’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Ogden
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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
Darrell R. Lindsey
1919–1944United States Army Air Forces Medal of Honor recipient
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
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ogden 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)
- George Gallup: Norman James, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Shriver: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Ray Lyman Wilbur: MohenjoDaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- 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
- Carl A. Youngdale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons