
Born near Trout Lake: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Vic Wild, born in White Salmon, 20 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Trout Lake as their birthplace yet. Across Washington, the lists cover 210 towns. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.
What stands out about Trout Lake’s famous people
Famous people born near Trout Lake
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Minoru Yasui
1916–1986(1916-1986) American lawyer and activist




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trout Lake 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 (7)
- Vic Wild: Министерство спорта Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Walden: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil D. Andrus: United States Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifton N. McArthur: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas J. Sinnott: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Minoru Yasui: Image courtesy of the Korematsu family, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Wakamatsu: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons