Famous people · Grinnell
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Grinnell
Brad Lambert, born in Hoxie, 19 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Samuel Ramey, with articles in 20 languages. The list for Grinnell is empty for now. Famous people are on record for 301 of the towns in Kansas.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Samuel Ramey
Best known
Samuel Ramey
in 20 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grinnell’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grinnell
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rick Billinger
born 1951Republican member of the Kansas Senate
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grinnell 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 (10)
- Samuel Ramey: Olivia Lazalde Valdez, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Frahm: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Hayden: Tami Heilemann/United States Fish and Wildlife Service, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Barrett: Gadi Elkon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maggie McIntosh: «Marylandstater» «reply», Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hawk: First Infantry Division U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Munn: Chicago Daily News, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Lambert: Stanton49, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dirk Johnson: Jeff_Garcia_warms_up_to_pass.jpg: Darrin derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Sloan: Oregon Secretary of State, distributed to voters without a copyright notice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons