20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Pleasant Mound Township
Closest of all is Alfred Harrison Joy, from Greenville, 4 mi away. The best known of them is June Squibb, with articles in 47 languages. No famous person on record lists Pleasant Mound Township as their birthplace yet. Next door, Mulberry Grove lists one, Roland Neely McKean.
What stands out about Pleasant Mound Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Pleasant Mound Township
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Josephine Elizabeth Burns Glasgow
1887–1969American mathematician











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Famous people from the towns next door
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Mound 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 (12)
- Harold Lasswell: Martap95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Wilson: Keith Hinkle, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Virgil Miller: uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Remann: "Chicago Tribune" (Chicago, IL)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Joel Deckard: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Jett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Forrest Claypool: Eric Guo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Earl Major: Illinois State Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Merritt: Roger Chang, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur Clark: Las Vegas News Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Roe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carole Green: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons