Famous people · Loran Township
Born near Loran Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Calista Flockhart, born in Freeport, 9 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jane Addams, with articles in 100 languages. No famous person’s birth in Loran Township is on record yet. Of the bordering towns, Florence Township has a list, with James Gitz.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Jane Addams
Best known
Jane Addams
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Loran Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Loran Township
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Albert N. Jorgensen
1899–19787th President of the University of Connecticut
Jane Addams
1860–1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Edward Alphonso Goldman
1873–1946American zoologist
Emmert L. Wingert
1899–1971Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
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Close by, the fullest list is Florence Township’s: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Loran 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)
- 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