Famous people · Prescott
Born near Prescott: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Thelma G. Thurstone, was born in Hume, 6 mi away. No famous person on record lists Prescott as their birthplace yet. Gordon Parks is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. The longest list of any town in Kansas belongs to Lawrence, with 48.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Gordon Parks
Best known
Gordon Parks
in 36 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Prescott’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Prescott
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Enoch J. Mills
1878–1935American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Gordon Parks
1912–2006American photographer, musician, writer and film director
Charles Hatfield
1875–1958(1875-1958) American cloud seeder
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prescott 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 (7)
- Gordon Parks: Rowland Scherman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Samuel Johnson: Photo credit: O. J. Jordan.Published in Time magazine., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Clifford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Christy: leyla.a from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hart: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hatfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch J. Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons