Famous people · Gem Lake
Born near Gem Lake: 24 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Moose Goheen, was born in White Bear Lake, 1 mi away. F. Scott Fitzgerald is the most widely known, written about in 122 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Gem Lake yet. Next door, White Bear Lake lists 14, led by Moose Goheen.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best known
F. Scott Fitzgerald
in 122 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Gem Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Gem Lake
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Randy Schekman
born 1948Nobel prize winning American cell biologist
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in White Bear Lake: 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gem 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 (13)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Nickolas Muray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Calvin: "Photolab", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Schekman: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Stecklein: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moose Goheen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Brandt: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Carter: Farkhod, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim O'Brien: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Alt: Munnaf Joarder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maggie Nichols: Alessandro Gamberi, CC BY-SA 3.0 it, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Thomas: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Karth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Sertich: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons