Born near Custer Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Jerome J. Joyce, from Essex, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Kiiara, with articles in 24 languages. Kiiara leads the 7 names listed next door in Wilmington. No famous person on record lists Custer Township as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about Custer Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Custer Township
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


John Mitchell
1870–1919(1870-1919) American labor leader





Dutch Lonborg
1898–1985American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Custer Township.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Custer 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 (7)
- Tanner Roark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Pinnick: opethpainter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis M. Long: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Mitchell: James E. Purdy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Randall Edström: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Feely: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Cutshaw: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons