Famous people · Elk
Close to home: 11 famous people born near Elk
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Elk yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Harold Hotelling
Best known
Harold Hotelling
in 24 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Elk’s famous people
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Famous people born near Elk
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Elk yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Paul K. Lago
born 1947Department of Biology, University of Mississippi University, MS 38677, USA
Dwaine Hoberg
1925–1984American football coach and wrestling promoter
Wayne Randolph Bassett, Sr.
1915–1988American politician – Minnesota -House 1955-56 (District 11); House 1959-62 (District 11); House 1963-64 (District 19)
Harold Hotelling
1895–1973American statistician and econometrician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elk, 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.
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- Carl Stockdale: Siegel-Cooper Publishers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Wolterstorff: Nicholas Wolterstorff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons