Famous people · Columbus
Born near Columbus: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Next door, the list for Forest Lake holds 5, Molly Holly first. Closest of all is Molly Holly, from Forest Lake, 7 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Columbus. The best known of them is Gretchen Carlson, with articles in 22 languages.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Gretchen Carlson
Best known
Gretchen Carlson
in 22 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Columbus’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Columbus
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gretchen Carlson
born 1966American broadcast journalist, author, television personality and female empowerment advocate
Dan Johnson
born 1979Major League Baseball first baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization
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Famous people from the towns next door
Forest Lake has the longest list next door: 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Columbus 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 (14)
- Gretchen Carlson: 'Michael Scott Bogdonoff / MSB Media, LLC', CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Molly Holly: Shared Account, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Bochenski: [email protected], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Hendricks: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Brandt: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Alt: Munnaf Joarder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Berggren: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Brodzinski: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Lee: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Johnson: Cake6, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Karth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Langfeld: No machine-readable author provided. JamesTeterenko assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Turner: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Morin: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons