Famous people · Dawson
Close to home: 28 famous people born near Dawson
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Dawson yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
23 mi
Mamie Eisenhower
Best known
Mamie Eisenhower
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Dawson’s famous people
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★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Dawson
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Dawson yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Mamie Eisenhower
1896–1979First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
Ray Lyman Wilbur
1875–1949American physician and politician (1875–1949); president of Stanford University from 1933 to 1943
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dawson, 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 aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- George Gallup: Norman James, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Shriver: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Ellison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Lyman Wilbur: MohenjoDaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard A. Ballinger: U.S. Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis D. Wilbur: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Fadden: film screenshot (Allied Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nile Kinnick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons