Famous people · Rathbone
Born near Rathbone: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is James Tyler Kent, from Woodhull, 6 mi away. The best known of them is Margaret Sanger, with articles in 64 languages. Addison’s list, next door, has 3 names, Jim Greengrass first among them. No famous person on record lists Rathbone as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Margaret Sanger
Best known
Margaret Sanger
in 64 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Rathbone’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Rathbone
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Thomas John Watson, Sr.
1874–1956USA IBM executive and art collector
Charles Franklin Phillips
1910–1998American economist
Charles D. Baker
1846–1934American politician in New York
Margaret Sanger
1879–1966American birth control activist and nurse
Guyford Stever
1916–2010American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rathbone 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 (16)
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas John Watson, Sr.: The original uploader was Paul C. Lasewicz at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Sevian: Stefan64, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Bigelow Tully: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amo Houghton: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Farwell: John Moses, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Meredith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert D. Holmes: State of Oregon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willard Nelson Clute: Willard N. Clute, editor. Photographer not listed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethel Byrne: East Oregonian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guyford Stever: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Greengrass: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Averell: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles William Gillet: Rice, Washington, D. C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin S. Underhill: Edwin S. Underhill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Rice Whiting: Evening News Association (Detroit, MI), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons