Born near New Odanah: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Larry Johnson, was born in Odanah, 1 mi away. Paul Hamm is the most widely known, written about in 25 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from New Odanah yet. In Wisconsin, 670 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about New Odanah’s famous people
Famous people born near New Odanah
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.








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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Odanah 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)
- Paul Hamm: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon D. Bolick/Released, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Hamm: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Van Cleave: Demoder, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thorvald A. Solberg: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kechewaishke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons