Famous people · Onalaska
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Onalaska
The best known of them is Merce Cunningham, with articles in 31 languages. The nearest, Ralph Towner, was born in Chehalis, 13 mi away. Across Washington, 210 towns list someone born there. No famous person on record lists Onalaska as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Merce Cunningham
Best known
Merce Cunningham
in 31 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Onalaska’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Onalaska
They were born in 11 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
Merce Cunningham
1919–2009American dancer and choreographer
Gene Amondson
1943–2009American religious minister, artist, and alcohol prohibitionist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Onalaska 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 (8)
- Merce Cunningham: Floor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buzz Osborne: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Towner: BjørnN, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandy Clark: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Heyes: Helen Keller Film Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olive McKean: ACME, Public domain, 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
- Gene Amondson: Nathan Amondson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons