Famous people · Thurston
24 famous people were born within 35 miles of Thurston
Ernest E. Cole, born in Savona, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Margaret Sanger, with articles in 64 languages. Of the bordering towns, Campbell has the longest list: 4, with Thomas John Watson, Sr. at the top. 1,265 towns in New York have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Margaret Sanger
Best known
Margaret Sanger
in 64 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Thurston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Thurston
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Thomas John Watson, Sr.
1874–1956USA IBM executive and art collector
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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The best known from each town bordering Thurston.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thurston 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
- Glenn Curtiss: Public domain, 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
- Francis Kernan: Mathew Benjamin Brady, 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
- Justin Rice Whiting: Evening News Association (Detroit, MI), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons