
Born near Bay Center: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Helen Kleeb, from South Bend, 8 mi away. The list for Bay Center is empty for now. The best known of them is Kurt Cobain, with articles in 128 languages. The Washington lists hold names for 210 towns.
What stands out about Bay Center’s famous people
Famous people born near Bay Center
Nobody born in Bay Center is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.






George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician

Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist





Donald Malarkey
1921–2017American army noncommissioned officer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bay Center 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 (12)
- Kurt Cobain: P.B. Rage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Osheroff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Danielson: Megan Elice Meadows, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holly Madison: Holly Madison, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Kleeb: film screenshot (Edward Small Prod. / United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Malarkey: Maj. Carol McClelland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eldon Bargewell: United States Army Special Operations Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Paulsen: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus E. Raichle: Per Henning/NTNU, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Del Bjork: Ralph Vincent Photography. https://oregondigital.org/sets/uo-athletics?f[desc_metadata__photographer_label_sim][]=Ralph+Vincent+Photography%24http%3A%2F%2Fopaquenamespace.org%2Fns%2Fcreator%2FRalphVincentPhotography, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Corbally: Not known. However, given that it shows the president of the university, and was published in the alumni news, and they're announcing the Brundage Scholarships, there is strong indication that it was taken by an employee of or at the direction of th…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons