Famous people · Bern
Born near Bern: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Charles Winninger, born in Athens, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jeane Dixon, with articles in 19 languages. Next door, the list for Athens holds 2, Charles Winninger first. Famous people are on record for 643 of the towns in Wisconsin.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Jeane Dixon
Best known
Jeane Dixon
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bern’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bern
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Arthur Chester Dahlberg
1896–1964American food scientist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Athens has the longest list next door: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bern 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 (9)
- Charles Winninger: Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Perkins: TV series episode (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Blanchard: Collections of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erny Pinckert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Decker: Russ Decker speaking at the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO 25th Biennial Convention in 2008.jpg: aflcio derivative work: Delaywaves, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Suder: WisPolitics.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Rhyner: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl M. Nelson: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons