Famous people · Marion
Close to home: 20 famous people born near Marion
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Marion yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Claude Shannon
Best known
Claude Shannon
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Marion’s famous people
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★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Marion
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Marion yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Yvonne Walker Keshick
born 1946American Anishinaabe artist and basket maker
Claude Shannon
1916–2001American mathematician and information theorist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marion, 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)
- Claude Shannon: Jacobs, Konrad, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Boone: Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Malpass: Franz Mahr (World Bank), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Slater: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britta Phillips: Tammy Lo from Brooklyn, NY, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Catton: Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Acheson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Norwood Darling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons