Famous people · Kimball
Born near Kimball: 26 famous people within 35 miles
John Szarkowski is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Closest of all is Lise Anne Couture, from Montreal, 3 mi away. Over the border in Ironwood, 9 names are on record, led by Renee Ellmers. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Kimball.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
John Szarkowski
Best known
John Szarkowski
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Kimball’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Kimball
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Renee Ellmers
born 1964Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raymond Joseph Cannon
1894–1951Politician, lawyer, baseball pitcher
George R. Cavender
1919–2004American music educator, marching band director
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Around it, Ironwood has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kimball 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 (11)
- Frank Olson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Renee Ellmers: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Ouellette: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Greenfield: Sean Aranda, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lise Anne Couture: Alex Cao, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Joseph Cannon: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library, compiler. Democrat Printing Company (Madison, WI), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Ave: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Gribble, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Alfonsi: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George R. Cavender: Shonebrooks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon L. Lewis: Kjkolesar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons