Famous people · Hall
Born near Hall: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Kristen Wiig is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. The nearest, Travie McCoy, was born in Geneva, 4 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Hall. The longest list in New York is New York City’s, with 99 names.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Kristen Wiig
Best known
Kristen Wiig
in 59 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hall’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hall
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert L. Forward
1932–2002American physicist, science fiction writer
Marcus Whitman
1802–1847American physician and Oregon missionary
Charles G. Conn
1844–1931American entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer, and U.S. Representative from Indiana
John Mason Clarke
1857–1925American geologist and paleontologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hall 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 (23)
- Kristen Wiig: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travie McCoy: MPerdomo at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Eastman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Dove: Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Seldon Duncanson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Bordwell: Wasily at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Golin: ZFF Zurich Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Berdan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Blanchard Bethune: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul D. MacLean: Edward A. Hubbard, National Institute of Health, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mason Clarke: Dr. Friedrich Katzer (1861-1925), böhmisch-österreichischer Geologe und Mineraloge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Gage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Whitman: Paul Kane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Chatterton: Uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Seymour Porter: Detroit Public Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hawes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randolph Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles C. Stevenson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Roche: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Demas Barnes: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dayton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Augustine Hendrick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles G. Conn: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons