Famous people · Belle Prairie Township
Born near Belle Prairie Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Lloyd Loar, from Cropsey Township, 3 mi away. Frances McDormand is the most widely known, written about in 83 languages. Of the bordering towns, Cropsey Township has the longest list: 2, with Lloyd Loar at the top. No famous person on record lists Belle Prairie Township as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Frances McDormand
Best known
Frances McDormand
in 83 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Belle Prairie Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Belle Prairie Township
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gene Brucker
1924–2017American historian of the Renaissance and Florence
Walter Shelley Phillips
1867–1940American naturalist, author and artist
Walter Dill Scott
1869–1955American psychologist and educator (1869–1955); president of Northwestern University
Thomas M. Bennett
born 1956American politician in Illinois
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Cropsey Township leads the towns around it, with 2 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Belle Prairie Township 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 (15)
- Frances McDormand: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Albeck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Townsend: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Arthur Love: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Dill Scott: War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Loar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Leesch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Sanborn: U.S. Government Printing Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Stevenson: Hinman, Ida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott M. Bennett: Marilyn Sudkamp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Hamilton: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edna Beard: "the Bethel Courier" (Bethel, VT)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Skottie Young: Skottie_Young_1.jpg: Pat Loika derivative work: Kelly, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Bennett: State Farm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Shelley Phillips: Renobdarb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons