Born near Alpine: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is George Osmond, from Etna, 10 mi away. Matt Mead is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. No entry yet names Alpine as a birthplace. Famous people are on record for 43 of the towns in Wyoming.
What stands out about Alpine’s famous people
Famous people born near Alpine
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Matt Mead
born 1962American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming
Christy Walton
born 1949American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist





John Call Cook
1918–2012Geophysicist, developer of ground-penetrating radar
Velma Linford
1907–2002American educator, author and politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alpine 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 (6)
- Matt Mead: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rulon Gardner: Joshua C. Millage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Resi Stiegler: Christian Jansky (User:Tschaensky), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Budge: Denver Post, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Gardner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Call Cook: CACook7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons