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Born near King: 22 famous people within 35 miles

Closest of all is Everett C. Olson, from Waupaca, 3 mi away. The list for King is empty for now. The longest list in Wisconsin is Racine’s, with 85 names. Green Bay has the second-longest list in Wisconsin, after Racine, with 57.

#2 best knownTyler BiadaszSports · born 1997
+18more
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Everett C. Olson
Best known
Everett C. Olson
in 10 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about King’s 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 King

They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miWaupaca · 6Amherst · 6Iola · 2Wild Rose · 2Manawa · 2King
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is King 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
  • Melvin O. Handrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons