George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician
Famous people · Westport
Born near Westport: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is George H. Hitchings, from Hoquiam, 12 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Westport is on record yet. Kurt Cobain is the most widely known, written about in 128 languages. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Kurt Cobain
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 128 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Westport’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Westport
Nobody born in Westport is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
Helen Margaret Gilkey
1886–1972American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator
Denne Bart Petitclerc
1929–2006American journalist, television producer and screenwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westport 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 (11)
- 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
- Helen Kleeb: film screenshot (Edward Small Prod. / United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eldon Bargewell: United States Army Special Operations Command, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Paulsen: ABC Television, Public domain, 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
- Reuben H. Fleet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Bighill: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Corbally: Not known. However, given that it shows the president of the university, and was published in the alumni news, and they're announcing the Brundage Scholarships, there is strong indication that it was taken by an employee of or at the direction of th…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons