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Famous people · Chain O' Lakes

Born near Chain O' Lakes: 22 famous people within 35 miles

Everett C. Olson, born in Waupaca, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Henry Solomon Wellcome, with articles in 15 languages. No famous person’s birth in Chain O' Lakes is on record yet. In all of Wisconsin, the famous people on record come from 671 towns.

#3 best knownTyler BiadaszSports · born 1997
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Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Henry Solomon Wellcome
Best known
Henry Solomon Wellcome
in 15 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Chain O' Lakes’ famous people

Close to homeEvery name here comes from a town within 35 miles, 22 in all.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Chain O' Lakes

The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miWaupaca · 6Amherst · 6Iola · 3Wild Rose · 2Chain O' Lakes
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chain O' Lakes 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 (8)
  • Tyler Biadasz: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Edward E. Browne: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Lyman E. Barnes: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Benjamin P. Birdsall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • George de Rue Meiklejohn: Sigma Chi Fraternity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Reid Fred Murray: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • George B. Nelson: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Tim Polasek: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons