Famous people · Maywood Park
Born near Maywood Park: 18 famous people within 35 miles
The list for Maywood Park is empty for now. Linus Pauling, born in Portland, 4 mi away, is the closest. 141 of the towns in Oregon list at least one person. The longest list in Oregon is Salem’s, with 43 names.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Linus Pauling
Best known
Linus Pauling
in 112 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Maywood Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Maywood Park
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Douglas Engelbart
1925–2013American engineer and inventor
Mary E. Brunkow
born 1961American molecular biologist and immunologist
John Reed
1887–1920American journalist, poet, and communist activist
Dick Fosbury
1947–2023American athletics competitor, high jumper
Dennis Heck
born 1952Lieutenant Governor of Washington since 2021
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maywood Park 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)
- Linus Pauling: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Engelbart: Alex Handy from Oakland, Nmibia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Groening: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary E. Brunkow: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Fosbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Barratt: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamina Snuka: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Biffle: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Heck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmie Rodgers: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Williams-Goss: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Bliss: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Wood: Tim Hipps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sirena Irwin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons