Famous people · Adams
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Adams
Hazel P. Heath, born in Athena, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Adam West, with articles in 50 languages. The list for Adams is empty for now. 135 towns across Oregon can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Adam West
Best known
Adam West
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Adams’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Adams
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Buck Flower
1937–2004American actor and director
Frances Moore Lappé
born 1944American researcher and author
Hank Anderson
1920–2005American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Adams 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 (13)
- Adam West: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamza Yusuf: Omar Chatriwala from Doha, Qatar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon H. Smith: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Cockrum: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hackathorne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Miles: Neeta Lind, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Moore Lappé: Rrrowe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Bauer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Kelati: Zorro2212, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Stockman: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. W. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl A. Thompson: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons