
Born near Packwood: 5 famous people within 35 miles
Buzz Osborne, born in Morton, 29 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Packwood as a birthplace. 205 towns across Washington can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.





What stands out about Packwood’s famous people
Famous people born near Packwood
They were born in 2 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Gene Amondson
1943–2009American religious minister, artist, and alcohol prohibitionist


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Packwood 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 (5)
- 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
- Gene Amondson: Nathan Amondson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Bryant: Washington State Dept of Transportation from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons