Famous people · Kent Township
Born near Kent Township: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Charles N. Fowler, born in Lena, 4 mi away, is the closest. Over the border in Lena, one name is on record: Charles N. Fowler. So far, no famous person on record was born in Kent Township. The best known of them is Jane Addams, with articles in 100 languages.
Born nearby
10
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Jane Addams
Best known
Jane Addams
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Kent Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Kent Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jane Addams
1860–1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kent 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 (9)
- Jane Addams: Harris Ewing, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calista Flockhart: Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louella Parsons: Lowell Sun, December 23, 1941; International News Service photo with earliest date stamp October 9, 1937, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kingsley Zipf: Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred A. Cohn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Cain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Heller: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles N. Fowler: “The U.S. House of Representatives - Portraits of Congressmen” (detail), Once a Week newspaper, 1895, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Haldeman: Engraved by W. T. Bather, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons