Famous people · Yarmouth
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Yarmouth
The nearest, Leo Thomas Maher, was born in Mount Union, 4 mi away. The best known of them is James A. Van Allen, with articles in 51 languages. No famous person on record lists Yarmouth as their birthplace yet. The longest list in Iowa is Waterloo’s, with 61 names.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
James A. Van Allen
Best known
James A. Van Allen
in 51 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Yarmouth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Yarmouth
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
James A. Van Allen
1914–2006American astrophysicist
Robert Noyce
1927–1990American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1927–1990), co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel
Dorothy van Dyke Leake
1893–1990American botanist, author, artist and educator
Edward E. Cushman
1865–1944United States federal judge
Francis O. Wilcox
1908–1985United States Assistant Secretary of State
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yarmouth 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 (8)
- Robert Noyce: Intel Free Press, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Carothers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldo Leopold: Howard Zahniser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Warner: John Trainor (Flickr profile), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Frawley: KTTV, Los Angeles. This was a publicity photo for a local KTTV program. In the 1950s and 1960s, television stations, networks, studios and program sponsors often used advertising or publicity agencies to distribute promotional material. In this case…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Kelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel M. Shortridge: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Phillips: Nirvanafanatic619 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons