Famous people · Perry Township
Born near Perry Township: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Carole Lombard, from Fort Wayne, 9 mi away. Carole Lombard leads the 52 names listed next door in Fort Wayne. Not one famous person on record comes from Perry Township yet. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Carole Lombard
Best known
Carole Lombard
in 64 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Perry Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Perry Township
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bruce Nauman
born 1941American sculptor and performance artist
Dick York
1928–1992American radio, stage, film, and television actor
Herbert Hice Whetzel
1877–1944American mycologist and plant pathologist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Fort Wayne has the most on record: 52.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Perry 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 (16)
- Carole Lombard: Metro-Goldwy-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna Fischer: TDKR Chicago 101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DaMarcus Beasley: Hefebreo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelley Long: TwinsofSedona, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick York: McDermott Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bowers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Cuppy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Gandy: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chick Stahl: Chick_Stahl.jpg: BPL derivative work: Rockfang, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Hice Whetzel: Nemetona, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubbles Hargrave: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Reichelderfer: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- MaChelle Joseph: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pinky Hargrave: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudolph B. Welch: Kansas State Normal School (now Emporia State University), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis William Tordella: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons