Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 128 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Malone’s famous people ★ What stands out · Close to home Famous people born near Malone Nobody born in Malone is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
10 mi 20 mi 35 mi Aberdeen · 5 Hoquiam · 5 Olympia · 4 Chehalis · 4 Shelton · 3 Centralia · 3 Lacey · 1 Raymond · 1 Malone Within 20 mi · 8 Within 35 mi · 27
HG Helen Margaret Gilkey 1886–1972 American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator
RC Rachel Corrie 1979–2003 American anti-war and human rights activist
Kasey Keller born 1969 American soccer player
Eloise Mumford born 1986 American actress
Trevor Stines born 1996 American actor
KK Karol Kennedy 1932–2004 American pair skater
Richard Fiske 1915–1944 Actor
TR Tom Reed 1901–1961 American screenwriter
Merce Cunningham 1919–2009 American dancer and choreographer
CM Craig McCaw born 1949 American businessman
Angela Meade born 1977 Opera singer
Kurt Cobain 1967–1994 American rock musician, singer and songwriter
Douglas Osheroff born 1945 American physicist
Bryan Danielson born 1981 American professional wrestler
RM Robert Motherwell 1915–1991 American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
PN Peter Norton born 1943 American programmer, software publisher
TD Tom Dutra born 1972 American soccer player-coach
Ralph Towner 1940–2026 American musician
Olive McKean 1915–2006 American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, coach
SM Seton I. Miller 1902–1974 American screenwriter, film producer
KB Kay Bell 1914–1994 American football player, actor and professional wrestler
GH George H. Hitchings 1905–1998 Nobel Prize-winning American physician
HR Howard P. Robertson 1903–1961 American mathematician and physicist
Eldon Bargewell 1947–2019 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Marcus E. Raichle born 1937 Neuroscientist
Mathew Harris Ellsworth 1899–1986 American politician
RW Robert Wells 1922–1998 American songwriter
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Did you grow up with someone famous from Malone? → Who should be on this list but isn’t? → From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Malone 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) 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 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 Olive McKean: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Eldon Bargewell: United States Army Special Operations Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Angela Meade: Ralph Daily from Birmingham, United States, CC BY 2.0 , 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