31 famous people were born within 35 miles of Iona
The nearest, N. M. Jorgensen, was born in Ucon, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Larry Scott, with articles in 23 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Iona yet. In all of Idaho, the famous people on record come from 88 towns.
What stands out about Iona’s famous people
Famous people born near Iona
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.









Christian Jacobs
born 1972American actor, model, television writer/producer




Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.
1937–2018American businessman and philanthropist



Sherman P. Lloyd
1914–1979United States Congressman from Utah
Morgan Harris
1916–2005American cell biologist and rock climber
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Iona 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 (16)
- Larry Scott: Gene Mozee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Kornman: Uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: GRuban, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Worth Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.: Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Appelhans: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orval H. Hansen: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Kruger: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimball Allen: Kyle Fox, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Raddatz: United States Naval Forces Central Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Lindstrom: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherman P. Lloyd: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Twiggs: Anthony5429, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Jacobs: Miles Constantine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton Mortensen: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kantee: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons