
Born near Sherman: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Hildegarde, born in Adell, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Tony Evers, with articles in 22 languages. Next door, the list for Random Lake holds Leander J. Foley. So far, no famous person on record was born in Sherman.
What stands out about Sherman’s famous people
Famous people born near Sherman
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







Glenway Wescott
1901–1987American poet, novelist and essayist

Timothy Ramthun
born 195721st century American politician, Wisconsin State Assembly
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Random Lake’s, with one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sherman 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 (9)
- Tony Evers: Tony Evers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenway Wescott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hildegarde: The management logo is mostly cut off; it appears to be MCA-Music Corporation of America. While the photographer's name is partly cut off, there is enough to see the name: Maurice Seymour., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Paulsen: David on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Gasser: Richard Hurd, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Weisse: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Schwartz: Oomwa at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Gillen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward J. Keyes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

