Famous people · Nelsonville
Born near Nelsonville: 28 famous people within 35 miles
Of the towns next door, Amherst lists the most: 6, with Tyler Biadasz first. The best known of them is Peter Weller, with articles in 42 languages. The nearest, Tyler Biadasz, was born in Amherst, 2 mi away. No famous person on record lists Nelsonville as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Peter Weller
Best known
Peter Weller
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Nelsonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Nelsonville
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
George B. Nelson
1876–1943Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Suzy Favor Hamilton
born 1968American middle-distance runner, former escort and mental health activist
Clayton K. Slack
1896–1976United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Everett C. Olson
1910–1993U.S. paleontologist, zoologist, and geologist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Amherst lists the most people: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nelsonville 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 (12)
- Peter Weller: Florida Supercon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Weber-Gale: Nicole from Kansas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Pavelski: Ivan Makarov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Favor Hamilton: Sargossa, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janel McCarville: SusanLesch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- 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
- Walt Wilmot: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton K. Slack: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Polasek: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons