
Born near Jackson Township: 13 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jerry Reynolds, was born in French Lick, 7 mi away. Larry Bird is the most widely known, written about in 79 languages. Famous people are on record for 386 of the towns in Indiana. Not one famous person on record comes from Jackson Township yet.
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.






Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
1865–1938American naval officer and sixth Governor of the District of Alaska

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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)
- Larry Bird: Kurt Shimala, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Terman: Ric Teague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David L. Cornwell: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry A. Millis: James_M_Landis_-_Walter_Stacy_-_Harry_A_Millis_-_1938-10-29.jpg: Harris and Ewing Collection, LIbrary of Congress derivative work: Tim1965, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Reynolds: Jerry_Reynolds_and_Grant_Napear.jpg: Matthew Addie derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilford Bacon Hoggatt: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert R. Hall: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons