Famous people · Walker Lake
Born near Walker Lake: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Grant Harvey, from Hawthorne, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Wovoka, with articles in 22 languages. 30 towns in Nevada have at least one famous person on record. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Walker Lake.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
34 mi
Wovoka
Best known
Wovoka
in 22 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Walker Lake
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Walker Lake 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 (7)
- Wovoka: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nevada Barr: Oldbeeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Harvey: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Nash: Oakland Athletics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Dini: NDOT PIO Photo credit by Julie Duewel, NDOT Photographer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Brinkley: Mike Searson, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- nila northSun: nila northSun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons