Famous people · Hartz Lake
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hartz Lake
Closest of all is Hank Steinbrenner, from Culver, 4 mi away. Games Slayter is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. No famous person on record lists Hartz Lake as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Games Slayter
Best known
Games Slayter
in 6 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hartz Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hartz Lake
Nobody born in Hartz Lake is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Hal Steinbrenner
born 1969American professional baseball team owner and executive
Stuart Gorrell
1901–1963American banker, wrote the lyrics to "Georgia on My Mind"
John Buchanan
1917–2007Professor of biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hartz Lake 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 (6)
- Games Slayter: Owens Corning, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Allen: "U.S. Army photo", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Stults: OctopusHat on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Haley: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Middleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Steinbrenner: edogisgod, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons