Glenn Presnell
1905–2004American football player, coach, and administrator
Famous people · Alexandria
Born near Alexandria: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Glenn Presnell, born in Gilead, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Willard Schmidt, with articles in 18 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Alexandria. In Nebraska, 246 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Willard Schmidt
Best known
Willard Schmidt
in 18 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Alexandria’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Alexandria
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Beverly Deepe Keever
born 1935American journalist, correspondent, author, professor
H.H. Kemper
1882–1964Original MLA of Saskatchewan's Farmer-Labour Group, later the CCF
C. Lowell Harriss
1912–2009American university professor and economist
Eddie Hickey
1902–1980Basketball player, football player, basketball coach, football coach and baseball coach
William J Conklin
1923–2018American architect and archaeologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alexandria 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 (12)
- Maxine Gates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Meyer: Philip Meyer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lulu Grace Graves: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hickey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Wesch: Neoteny1963, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Hitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverly Deepe Keever: BDKeever, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doyle Lade: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Presnell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron McCandless: Doubleday, Page, & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Witte: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons