Famous people · Wallowa Lake
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wallowa Lake
Closest of all is Margaret Osborne duPont, from Joseph, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Dale T. Mortensen, with articles in 48 languages. Across Oregon, 140 towns list someone born there. So far, no famous person on record was born in Wallowa Lake.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Dale T. Mortensen
Best known
Dale T. Mortensen
in 48 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wallowa Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wallowa Lake
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Clare Turlay Newberry
1903–1970American children's illustrator and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wallowa Lake 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 (6)
- Dale T. Mortensen: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Osborne duPont: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Morse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blaine Stubblefield: Mksword (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Scribner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons