Born near Schley: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Wendy Boglioli, born in Merrill, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Marissa Mayer, with articles in 51 languages. Of the towns next door, Merrill lists the most: 9, with Wendy Boglioli first. 646 towns in Wisconsin have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Schley’s famous people
Famous people born near Schley
Nobody born in Schley is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.

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


Jay Leggett
1963–2013American actor, improvisational comedian, producer, director, screenwriter

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



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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Merrill counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Schley 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)
- 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
- Jay Leggett: Andrew Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bradley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Webster: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl R. Eklund: Cyristhelad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Wayne Lukas: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons