Famous people · Clay Township
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Clay Township
Closest of all is Cary D. Landis, from Claypool, 2 mi away. Thomas R. Marshall is the most widely known, written about in 58 languages. No famous person on record lists Clay Township as their birthplace yet. The Indiana lists hold names for 407 towns.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Thomas R. Marshall
Best known
Thomas R. Marshall
in 58 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Clay Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Clay Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jill Long Thompson
born 1952Member of the United States House of Representatives
Timothy Galvin
1894–199314th Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Thomas R. Marshall
1854–1925Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
Lawrence Dale Bell
1894–1956American industrialist, founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clay 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)
- Thomas R. Marshall: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McMartin: Nick Step, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Garber: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene E. Likens: Mariel Carr, Videographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janie Fricke: Daver812, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jill Long Thompson: US Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Wayland Palmer: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel W. Royse: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nic Moore: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Frantz: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Van Studdiford: Book by Johnson Briscoe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cary D. Landis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons