
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Alder
Mark Fuhrman, born in Eatonville, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Buzz Osborne, with articles in 21 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Alder yet. The Washington lists hold names for 203 towns.
What stands out about Alder’s famous people
Famous people born near Alder
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Gene Amondson
1943–2009American religious minister, artist, and alcohol prohibitionist




J.T. Wilcox
born 1962American farmer and politician from Washington

Frank D. Robinson
1930–2022American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alder 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 (13)
- Buzz Osborne: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandy Clark: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Fuhrman: Concreteloop2 at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank D. Robinson: Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Amondson: Nathan Amondson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Jones: Rh723, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra Cleveland: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Gonzalez: Wikifs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Strand: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Bryant: Washington State Dept of Transportation from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colby Miller: Sry85, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- J.T. Wilcox: Lukepblue, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norm Bright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons