
Born near Harmony: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Roy Patterson, born in Stoddard, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Edwin G. Krebs, with articles in 48 languages. Across Wisconsin, the lists cover 663 towns. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Harmony.
What stands out about Harmony’s famous people
Famous people born near Harmony
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





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 Harmony 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
- William Hauber: Larry Semon, 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
- Roy Patterson: Breisch-Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons