Joe Kent
born 1980American former federal intelligence official, political candidate, army officer
Famous people · Cascadia
Born near Cascadia: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Joe Kent, from Sweet Home, 10 mi away. The best known of them is Howard Hesseman, with articles in 24 languages. No famous person on record lists Cascadia as their birthplace yet. 135 towns in Oregon have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Howard Hesseman
Best known
Howard Hesseman
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cascadia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cascadia
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jo Collins
born 1945American model, actress and Playboy Playmate
Michael Merzenich
born 1942Professor emeritus, neuroscientist
Herbert E. Gaston
1881–1956American editor and government official
Dave Wolverton
1957–2022American speculative fiction writer
Frederick Steiwer
1883–1939Lawyer, Politician and United States Army officer
J. Arthur Younger
1893–1967American politician, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cascadia 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 (15)
- Howard Hesseman: Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Kent: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Wolverton: Nihonjoe, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gladys Lehman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Steiwer: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mercedes Russell: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adora Svitak: Myleen Hollero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Arthur Younger: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Howland: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic Homer Balch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carson Bigbee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howie Fox: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jetty Rae: Trekerboy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Walker-Smith: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm A. Moody: Republican Party, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons