Famous people · Whitestown
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Whitestown
Closest of all is Bob Wood, from La Farge, 8 mi away. The best known of them is Butch Vig, with articles in 27 languages. No entry yet names Whitestown as a birthplace. Racine’s 85 names make the longest list in Wisconsin.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Butch Vig
Best known
Butch Vig
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Whitestown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Whitestown
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Irving Phillips
1904–2000American cartoonist, playwright, television scriptwriter, author, illustrator and educator
Amos Fries
1873–1963Second chief of the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service
Laverne Nelson Black
1887–1938American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Whitestown 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 (12)
- Butch Vig: Holywood56, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark C. Lee: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gillett: Bushnell, 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
- Amos Fries: National Photo Company, 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
- Oscar A. Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons