Famous people · Knight
Born near Knight: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Paul Alfonsi, born in Pence, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is John Szarkowski, with articles in 15 languages. Next door, Pence lists one, Paul Alfonsi. 664 towns across Wisconsin can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
John Szarkowski
Best known
John Szarkowski
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Knight’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Knight
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Renee Ellmers
born 1964Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raymond Joseph Cannon
1894–1951Politician, lawyer, baseball pitcher
Luke Timothy Johnson
born 1943American New Testament Scholar; Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins
George R. Cavender
1919–2004American music educator, marching band director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Knight 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