Born near Basin: 9 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, David Frederick Cunningham, was born in Walkerville, 21 mi away. The best known of them is Gary Cooper, with articles in 97 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Basin yet. Across Montana, the lists cover 96 towns.
What stands out about Basin’s famous people
Famous people born near Basin
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Phil Jackson
born 1945American basketball player, coach and executive



Virginia Court
Member of the Montana House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Basin 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 (4)
- Gary Cooper: Warner Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrna Loy: George Hurrell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Jackson: Phil_Jackson_3.jpg: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA derivative work: Chris! my talk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dirk Benedict: Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons