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Photo: Widgetkid · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Orono
2 famous people were born in Orono
The best known is the American comics writer Ashley Allen, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the American businessman Whitney MacMillan. Of the towns next door, Wayzata lists the most: 7, with James Laurinaitis first. Duluth’s 50 names make the longest list in Minnesota.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Ashley Allen
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Whitney MacMillan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Orono
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Known for
What Orono is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A chosen home
Also called Orono home
One more notable person made the town home: Neel Kashkari.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Wayzata, at 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Orono and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Neel Kashkari: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Laurinaitis: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Sorbo: Seanpanderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Holl: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curry: Hockeytigers (Eva Fuchs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons