David Foster Wallace
1962–2008American fiction writer and essayist
Famous people · Forest Home
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Forest Home
David Foster Wallace, born in Ithaca, 2 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Forest Home as their birthplace yet. In New York, 1,300 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
2 mi
David Foster Wallace
Best known
David Foster Wallace
in 56 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Forest Home’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Forest Home
Nobody born in Forest Home is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Alex Haley
1921–1992American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist
Curry Hicks
1885–1964American football coach, college athletics administrator, professor of physical education
Mary Treat
1830–1923American biologist, botanist and entomologist
Adrian Pearsall
1925–2011American architect and furniture designer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Forest Home 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 (8)
- David Foster Wallace: Steve Rhodes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Haley: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Geller: ServiceAT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Dake: National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Brown: JulieAndSteve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Treat: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bascom: Book Author: Samuel Atkins Elliot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons