Famous people · Custer
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Custer
Closest of all is C. D. Moore, from Keystone, 12 mi away. Lawrence Lessig is the most widely known, written about in 62 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Custer yet. The longest list in South Dakota is Sioux Falls’, with 54 names.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Lawrence Lessig
Best known
Lawrence Lessig
in 62 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Custer’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Custer
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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 Custer 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 (8)
- Lawrence Lessig: Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Becky Hammon: Doug Davey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tomi Lahren: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Owen Jackels: Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Keith Thomson: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Jensen: State of South Dakota, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. D. Moore: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Boner: Renobdarb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons