
8 famous people were born within 35 miles of Big Flats
The nearest, Ed Lewis, was born in Nekoosa, 15 mi away. No famous person on record lists Big Flats as their birthplace yet. 662 towns in Wisconsin have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Wisconsin belongs to Racine, with 85.
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Famous people born near Big Flats
The 8 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Big Flats 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)
- Ed Lewis: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Sauter: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Sauter: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chief Oshkosh: Samuel Marsden Brooks (1816–1892), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Sauter: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons