Ponderay has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the towns next door, Sandpoint lists the most: 15, with Sarah Palin first. 91 of the towns in Idaho list at least one person. Boise City has the most of any town in Idaho: 39. After Boise City, the next longest list in Idaho is Nampa’s, with 38.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ponderay), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ponderay has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Ponderay
Sandpoint leads the towns around it, with 15 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ponderay and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Sarah Palin: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons