Famous people · Winchester
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Winchester
The best known of them is Frank Olson, with articles in 13 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Winchester yet. The nearest, Bobby Jurasin, was born in Wakefield, 18 mi away. Famous people are on record for 649 of the towns in Wisconsin.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
22 mi
Frank Olson
Best known
Frank Olson
in 13 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Winchester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Winchester
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
1939–2007Canadian scholar
Renee Ellmers
born 1964Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Raymond Joseph Cannon
1894–1951Politician, lawyer, baseball pitcher
Jane Edward Schilling
1930–2017American activist, historian, and university administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winchester 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)
- Frank Olson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Renee Ellmers: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lise Anne Couture: Alex Cao, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Joseph Cannon: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library, compiler. Democrat Printing Company (Madison, WI), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Ave: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Gribble, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Alfonsi: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons