Famous people · La Grande
Born near La Grande: 17 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Buzz Osborne, with articles in 21 languages. The nearest, Mark Fuhrman, was born in Eatonville, 4 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from La Grande yet. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Buzz Osborne
Best known
Buzz Osborne
in 21 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about La Grande’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near La Grande
Nobody born in La Grande is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Gene Amondson
1943–2009American religious minister, artist, and alcohol prohibitionist
Frank D. Robinson
1930–2022American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is La Grande 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)
- 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
- Michelle French: {{kevinwparker}}, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank D. Robinson: Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Amondson: Nathan Amondson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Jones: Rh723, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Stewart: original: U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Leticia Samuels, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released North Carolina National Guardderivative: Diddykong1130, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra Cleveland: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Gonzalez: Wikifs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Robinson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Edwards: Doug McWilliams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Strand: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons