Herman Ekern
1872–1954Lawyer, politician; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Famous people · Pigeon
Close to home: 17 famous people born near Pigeon
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Pigeon yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Callista Gingrich
Best known
Callista Gingrich
in 18 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Pigeon
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Pigeon yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Louise Erickson
1929–2016All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Drexel A. Sprecher
1913–2006Director of publications and prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trials
Joel M. Johanson
1879–1919American language professor
Romelle Therese Schneider
1915–2002The town’s pick
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pigeon, 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 (7)
- Callista Gingrich: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Ekern: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward E. Lyon: Sheppyhill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Webb: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest D. Nelson: scanned by Weatherman90 (talk · contribs), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grover L. Broadfoot: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drexel A. Sprecher: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons