Famous people · Juniata
Born near Juniata: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Sandy Dennis, born in Hastings, 6 mi away, is the closest. The list for Juniata is empty for now. 233 towns in Nebraska have at least one famous person on record. No town in Nebraska lists more than Lincoln, with 45.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Sandy Dennis
Best known
Sandy Dennis
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Juniata’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Juniata
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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
Nelson M. Holderman
1885–1953United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Juniata 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 (13)
- Sandy Dennis: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Sutherland: Dick Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Cavett: Nick Stepowyj at https://www.flickr.com/people/nickstep/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Lee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Hicks: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Roy McKelvie: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, 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
- Nelson M. Holderman: U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Pruitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Blue: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons