Famous people · College Place
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of College Place
Adam West leads the 50 names listed next door in Walla Walla. The nearest, Adam West, was born in Walla Walla, 3 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in College Place. Famous people are on record for 210 of the towns in Washington.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Adam West
Best known
Adam West
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about College Place’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near College Place
Nobody born in College Place is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
George Buck Flower
1937–2004American actor and director
Hank Anderson
1920–2005American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Ewan Clague
1896–1987Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 1946 to 1965
Frances Moore Lappé
born 1944American researcher and author
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Of the towns around it, Walla Walla has the most on record: 50.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is College Place 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)
- Adam West: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamza Yusuf: Omar Chatriwala from Doha, Qatar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon H. Smith: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Cockrum: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hackathorne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Miles: Neeta Lind, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Moore Lappé: Rrrowe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Kelati: Zorro2212, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Stockman: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Genevieve Taggard: File:Кулик Іван. Антологія американської поезії. 1928.pdf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. N. Eaton: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. W. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ewan Clague: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Gilbreath: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons