Born near Greenwood: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Amy Klobuchar is the most widely known, written about in 48 languages. Closest of all is Haley Kalil, from Excelsior, 1 mi away. Next door, Excelsior lists 11, led by Ryan McCartan. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Greenwood.
What stands out about Greenwood’s famous people
Famous people born near Greenwood
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenwood 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 (8)
- Amy Klobuchar: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Sorbo: Seanpanderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mardy Fish: Michele Sandberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paige Bueckers: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Wheeler: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Leuer: Tristan_Thompson_prepares_to_shoot.jpg: Erik Drost derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan McCartan: Luckyowl99, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curry: Hockeytigers (Eva Fuchs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

