Photo: User:Mingusboodle · Public domainNo one from Franklin Township is on the famous people list yet
Kurt Vonnegut leads the 28 names listed next door in Indianapolis. No town in Indiana lists more than Gary, with 68. After Gary, the next longest list in Indiana is Muncie’s, with 68. In Indiana, 414 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Franklin Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Franklin Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Franklin Township
The fullest list close by belongs to Indianapolis, with 28.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Bernard Gotfryd / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve McQueen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trayce Jackson-Davis: The Hoosier from Bloomington, IN, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons