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Famous people · Monroe Township

Born near Monroe Township: 14 famous people within 35 miles

Wendell Meredith Stanley is the most widely known, written about in 63 languages. Closest of all is Earnest B. Collins, from Farmland, 2 mi away. Across Indiana, 398 towns list someone born there. No famous person on record lists Monroe Township as their birthplace yet.

#1 best knownWendell Meredith StanleyScience & Medicine · 1904–1971
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within 35 miles
Closest
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Wendell Meredith Stanley
Best known
Wendell Meredith Stanley
in 63 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Monroe Township’s famous people

Close to homeNearby births fill this page: 14 people from up to 35 miles away.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Monroe Township

They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miMuncie · 5Winchester · 4Albany · 2Monroe Township
Wendell Meredith Stanley

Wendell Meredith Stanley

1904–1971

American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Science & MedicineRidgeville · 9 miWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe 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.

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