Helen Margaret Gilkey
1886–1972American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator
Famous people · Brady
Born near Brady: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Helen Margaret Gilkey, born in Montesano, 2 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Montesano lists the most: 7, with Helen Margaret Gilkey first. The best known of them is Kurt Cobain, with articles in 128 languages. Famous people are on record for 203 of the towns in Washington.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Kurt Cobain
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 128 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brady’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brady
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Denne Bart Petitclerc
1929–2006American journalist, television producer and screenwriter
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer
1895–1982American paleontologist and geologist
Tim Sheldon
born 1947American farmer, businessman and politician from Washington
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The best known from each town bordering Brady.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brady 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 (15)
- 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
- Helen Kleeb: film screenshot (Edward Small Prod. / United Artists), 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
- Richard Fiske: Whitey Schafer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Van Winkle Palmer: Paleontological Research Institution, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben H. Fleet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Bighill: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Sheldon: Tim Sheldon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Craighead: United States Air Force Academy, Public domain, 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