Merce Cunningham
1919–2009American dancer and choreographer
Famous people · Grand Mound
26 famous people were born within 35 miles of Grand Mound
Closest of all is Merce Cunningham, from Centralia, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Rachel Corrie, with articles in 49 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Grand Mound. Yakima has the most of any town in Washington: 65.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Rachel Corrie
Best known
Rachel Corrie
in 49 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grand Mound’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grand Mound
They were born in 12 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Olive McKean
1915–2006American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, coach
Seton I. Miller
1902–1974American screenwriter, film producer
Kay Bell
1914–1994American football player, actor and professional wrestler
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer
1895–1982American paleontologist and geologist
Rachel Corrie
1979–2003American anti-war and human rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grand Mound 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 (14)
- Merce Cunningham: Floor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kasey Keller: Albumen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eloise Mumford: Joe O'Connell from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Towner: BjørnN, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Stines: Can Evin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Heyes: Helen Keller Film Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olive McKean: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Meade: Ralph Daily from Birmingham, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brock Peterson: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cade Otton: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Van Winkle Palmer: Paleontological Research Institution, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyle Overbay: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Christen: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy A. Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons