Famous people · Deweese
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Deweese
The nearest, Ray Thomas, was born in Nelson, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Sandy Dennis, with articles in 44 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Deweese yet. 233 towns in Nebraska have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
21 mi
Sandy Dennis
Best known
Sandy Dennis
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Deweese’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Deweese
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Howard Bradley Smith
born 1894American author, lecturer, and memory expert
Ibsen Nelsen
1919–2001American architect, active in Washington
Ivan Sutherland
born 1938American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
Neal Hefti
1922–2008American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger
Tom Osborne
born 1937American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Deweese 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 (10)
- Sandy Dennis: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Sutherland: Dick Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Lee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Hicks: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Osborne: US Congress;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida A. Bengtson: NIH History Office from Bethesda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Revere: Kepgeek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Spencer: Robert Carpenter Spencer (1879 - 1931), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Snyder: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert D. Leigh: Carolyn Crossett Rowland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons