Famous people · Willapa
Born near Willapa: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Robert Wells, born in Raymond, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Kurt Cobain, with articles in 128 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Willapa yet. 210 of the towns in Washington list at least one person.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Kurt Cobain
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 128 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Willapa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Willapa
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
George H. Hitchings
1905–1998Nobel Prize-winning American physician
Howard P. Robertson
1903–1961American mathematician and physicist
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 Willapa 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)
- 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
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons