12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Pine River
Closest of all is Wendy Boglioli, from Merrill, 8 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Merrill: 9 names, starting with Wendy Boglioli. No entry yet names Pine River as a birthplace. The best known of them is Marissa Mayer, with articles in 51 languages.
What stands out about Pine River’s famous people
Famous people born near Pine River
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


Marissa Mayer
born 1975American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!
Jalen Johnson
born 2001American basketball player (born December 2001)


John Bradley
1923–1994Navy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iwo Jima


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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Merrill has the most on record, with 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pine River 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 (6)
- Marissa Mayer: TechCrunch_SF_2013_4S2A3709_(9725490621).jpg: TechCrunch derivative work: Regi51, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloria Coates: Dietrich Hilmi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bradley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Wayne Lukas: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Edgar Tewes: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest J. Dawley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons