David Foster Wallace
1962–2008American fiction writer and essayist
Famous people · Lansing
Born near Lansing: 19 famous people within 35 miles
John D. Rockefeller is the most widely known, written about in 104 languages. Closest of all is David Foster Wallace, from Ithaca, 3 mi away. No entry yet names Lansing as a birthplace. Of the towns next door, Ithaca lists the most: 53, with David Foster Wallace first.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
John D. Rockefeller
Best known
John D. Rockefeller
in 104 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lansing’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lansing
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Alex Haley
1921–1992American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist
Mary Treat
1830–1923American biologist, botanist and entomologist
John D. Rockefeller
1839–1937American industrialist and philanthropist
William Rockefeller
1841–1922American financier, businessman, and Standard Oil co-founder
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Around it, Ithaca has the most people on record, 53 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lansing 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 (14)
- John D. Rockefeller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Susan Kare: Cooper Hewitt, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Alton B. Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Treat: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eugene Smith: Leo Mielziner (1869-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Rockefeller: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gideon C. Moody: South Dakota State Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bascom: Book Author: Samuel Atkins Elliot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons