Lee Wykoff
1902–1974American football player and professional wrestler (1898−1974)
Famous people · Hoyt
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hoyt
The best known of them is Annette Bening, with articles in 72 languages. Lee Wykoff, born in Mayetta, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Hoyt as their birthplace yet. 306 towns in Kansas have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Annette Bening
Best known
Annette Bening
in 72 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hoyt’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hoyt
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Charles Curtis
1860–1936Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Guy Maccoy
1904–1981American painter, printmaker, and teacher
George M. Stafford
1915–1995Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Alice Taylor Gafford
1886–1981American nurse, teacher, and artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hoyt 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 (13)
- Annette Bening: Annette_Bening_2011_AA.jpg: David Torcivia at https://www.flickr.com/photos/viatorci/ derivative work: César, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Curtis: Strauss Peyton, Kansas City, Missouri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwendolyn Brooks: ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Roberts: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Smith: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Jenkins: Office of Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill James: Colette Morton and Dan Holden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Moore Allison: Uncredited. Published by the United States Information Service., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Carroll: ThinkTech Hawaii, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Maccoy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Billings: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jory Collins: Emporia State University, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Wykoff: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons