Born near St. Peter: 22 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Viola Smith, was born in Mount Calvary, 5 mi away. King Camp Gillette is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. No famous person’s birth in St. Peter is on record yet. Across Wisconsin, the lists cover 679 towns.
What stands out about St. Peter’s famous people
Famous people born near St. Peter
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Mark Tauscher
born 1977American sportsperson and gridiron football player




Ronald Langacker
born 1942Professor emeritus in the field of linguistics at the University of California, San Diego.


F. Ryan Duffy
1888–1979United States federal judge and U.S. Senator
Richard J. Greuel
1928–2013American broadcaster, politician and real estate businessman

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Peter 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)
- King Camp Gillette: Benjamin Joseph Falk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Diener: Francesco Canu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brigid Bazlen: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott McCallum: Jreinemann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Ryan Duffy: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas P. M. Barnett: PHC(AW) Jon Hockersmith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Tauscher: Mike Morbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Reilly: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons