Irving Phillips
1904–2000American cartoonist, playwright, television scriptwriter, author, illustrator and educator
Famous people · Ontario
Born near Ontario: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Irving Phillips, born in Wilton, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Marc Mitscher, with articles in 22 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Ontario. Across Wisconsin, 663 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Marc Mitscher
Best known
Marc Mitscher
in 22 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Ontario
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Laverne Nelson Black
1887–1938American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ontario 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 (7)
- Marc Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Esch: G. V. Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles R. Savage: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Bean: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leif Erickson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ludvig Hektoen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron D. Shear: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons