Famous people · Kenesaw
Born near Kenesaw: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Henry Fonda is the most widely known, written about in 100 languages. Closest of all is Jim Shanley, from Shelton, 12 mi away. No famous person on record lists Kenesaw as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Nebraska belongs to Lincoln, with 45.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
26 mi
Henry Fonda
Best known
Henry Fonda
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Kenesaw’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Kenesaw
They were born in 8 towns 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
Peter George Peterson
1926–2018American businessman, investment banker, philanthropist, and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kenesaw 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 (16)
- Henry Fonda: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandy Dennis: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Sutherland: Dick Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Abbott: The original uploader was Mirth at Russian Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Cavett: Nick Stepowyj at https://www.flickr.com/people/nickstep/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Baird: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Abbott: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Lee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter George Peterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Curtis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Hicks: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale E. Wolf: Office of Senator Thomas Carper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Osborne: US Congress;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Bokenkamp: Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norbert Tiemann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Whitehair: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons