Famous people · Yankee Hill
Born near Yankee Hill: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Hilary Swank, was born in Lincoln, 4 mi away. Next door, the list for Lincoln holds 45, Hilary Swank first. No famous person’s birth in Yankee Hill is on record yet. Lincoln’s 45 names make the longest list in Nebraska.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Hilary Swank
Best known
Hilary Swank
in 93 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Yankee Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Yankee Hill
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ruth Rosekrans Hoffman
1926–2007American artist and children’s book illustrator
George F. Sprague
1902–1998American geneticist and maize researcher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yankee Hill 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)
- Jack Sock: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deb Fischer: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Ryan: Credited at source website, United States House of Representatives as:Image, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John William Chapman: Chicago Tribune, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Culver: Robertbattle at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Nunamaker: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Rumler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jakson Reetz: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Warner: State of Nebraska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons