12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cassel
Jerry Dahlke, born in Marathon, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Marissa Mayer, with articles in 51 languages. No famous person’s birth in Cassel is on record yet. Across the town line, Marathon City lists one, Jerry Dahlke.
What stands out about Cassel’s famous people
Famous people born near Cassel
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Marissa Mayer
born 1975American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!
Jalen Johnson
born 2001American basketball player (born December 2001)



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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Cassel.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cassel 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 (6)
- Marissa Mayer: TechCrunch_SF_2013_4S2A3709_(9725490621).jpg: TechCrunch derivative work: Regi51, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Cole Caufield: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloria Coates: Dietrich Hilmi, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Woodrow Swancutt: US Air Force standard military photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
