Famous people · Central City
Born near Central City: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Lawrence Lessig is the most widely known, written about in 62 languages. The nearest, John Miljan, was born in Lead, 1 mi away. Across South Dakota, the lists cover 134 towns. The list for Central City is empty for now.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
34 mi
Lawrence Lessig
Best known
Lawrence Lessig
in 62 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Central City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Central City
Nobody born in Central City is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Ward Lambert
1888–1958American basketball player, coach, and administrator, baseball player and coach, American football player
Lawrence Lessig
born 1961American academic, political activist
Becky Hammon
born 1977American-Russian basketball player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central City 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 (14)
- Lawrence Lessig: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Becky Hammon: Doug Davey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Hill: Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Provine: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Miljan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Rhoden: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomi Lahren: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred L. Werker: Original photographer unknown., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Owen Jackels: Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Kubel: User Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Lambert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Thordsen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Jackley: US District of South Dakota, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carroll Hardy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons