
Born near Jackson Township: 8 famous people within 35 miles
Ryan White is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. The nearest, Kitt O'Brien, was born in Walton, 4 mi away. No famous person on record lists Jackson Township as their birthplace yet. Across Indiana, the lists cover 389 towns.
What stands out about Jackson Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Jackson Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Ryan White
1971–1990American AIDS spokesperson and "poster boy"


Ahmed Johnson
born 1963American football player and professional wrestler

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jackson 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)
- Ryan White: Wildhartlivie at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strother Martin: DVD (Batjac-Paramount Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Bridwell: Stuart Ramson/InsiderImages for Scholastic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elwood Hillis: US Congress Joint Cmte on Printing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ellsworth Kepner: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tod Sloan: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kitt O'Brien: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons