Famous people · Forest
Born near Forest: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Henry Benn, from Viola, 2 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Viola: 3 names, starting with Henry Benn. The best known of them is Butch Vig, with articles in 27 languages. No famous person on record lists Forest as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Butch Vig
Best known
Butch Vig
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Forest’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Forest
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Laverne Nelson Black
1887–1938American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
Amos Fries
1873–1963Second chief of the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Forest 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)
- Butch Vig: Holywood56, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark C. Lee: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gillett: Bushnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles R. Savage: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Fries: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Bean: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludvig Hektoen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer Kraemer: Tevaboi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons