Famous people · Daykin
Born near Daykin: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Willard Schmidt, born in Swanton, 12 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Robert B. Wilson, with articles in 44 languages. No entry yet names Daykin as a birthplace. 246 towns in Nebraska have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Robert B. Wilson
Best known
Robert B. Wilson
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Daykin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Daykin
Nobody born in Daykin is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
C. Lowell Harriss
1912–2009American university professor and economist
Glenn Presnell
1905–2004American football player, coach, and administrator
Eddie Hickey
1902–1980Basketball player, football player, basketball coach, football coach and baseball coach
Beverly Deepe Keever
born 1935American journalist, correspondent, author, professor
Clifford Dwight Waldo
1913–2000American political scientist
Robert B. Wilson
born 1937American economist and Nobel laureate
John E. Nelson
born 1935Attorney and member of the Nebraska Legislature
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Daykin 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 (15)
- Anna Louise Strong: Tim Davenport, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Barnard: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxine Gates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Altman: Beaverbasketball, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Harry L. Hollingworth: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron McCandless: Doubleday, Page, & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Witte: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons