14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Harper
The nearest, Larry Lewis, was born in Vale, 21 mi away. Phyllis McGinley is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Harper. The Oregon lists hold names for 137 towns.
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Famous people born near Harper
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harper 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.
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- C. Ben Ross: "The Post Register" (Idaho Falls, ID)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Smith: See above Wikipedia uploader was Jgilhousen at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Wilcox: San Francisco 49ers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Flynn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bates: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons