Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Best known
Sarah Palin
in 103 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blanchard’s famous people ★ What stands out · Close to home Famous people born near Blanchard They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
10 mi 20 mi 35 mi Sandpoint · 6 Coeur d'Alene · 5 Post Falls · 4 Deer Park · 3 Priest River · 1 Blanchard Within 20 mi · 5 Within 35 mi · 20
KS Kevin Satterlee born 1968 American lawyer and academic administrator
IW Ian Waltz born 1977 American discus thrower
EJ Ed Justice 1912–1991 American football player
RL Ridge Lovett born 2000 American wrestler
EK Emery T. Knudson 1896–1974 American judge
GK Gail M. Kelly 1933–2005 American anthropologist
HS Howie Slater 1903–1964 Player of American football
Bob Lewis 1925–2015 American politician
Sage Kotsenburg born 1993 American snowboarder
Luke Ridnour born 1981 American basketball player
Pappy Boyington 1912–1988 United States Marine Corps aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
Adrienne Dore 1910–1992 American model, beauty pageant winner
Anton Watson born 2000 American basketball player
Robert Ferguson 1932–2022 Nuclear physicist
Sarah Palin born 1964 Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
Marilynne Robinson born 1943 American novelist and essayist
Nate Holland born 1978 American snowboarder
James C. Fry 1897–1982 General, World War II and Korean War, Distinguished Service Cross
Joe Mather born 1982 Baseball player from the United States
LP Lucy Ann Polk 1927–2011 Big Band singer
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Did you grow up with someone famous from Blanchard? → Who should be on this list but isn’t? → From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blanchard 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) Sarah Palin: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Marilynne Robinson: Christian Scott Heinen Bell, CC0 , Wikimedia Commons Sage Kotsenburg: Parke Brewer (VOA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Luke Ridnour: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Pappy Boyington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Adrienne Dore: Photoplay Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Nate Holland: LG전자, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Anton Watson: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons James C. Fry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Joe Mather: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Bob Lewis: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Robert Ferguson: Robert L. Ferguson, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons