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Famous people · Wood River

Famous people from Wood River

So far, no famous person on record was born in Wood River. 249 towns in Nebraska have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Nebraska belongs to Lincoln, with 45. Hastings has the second-longest list in Nebraska, after Lincoln, with 40.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Wood River), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Wood River has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Wood River

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wood River and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.