Famous people · Point Township
Born near Point Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Happy Chandler, with articles in 20 languages. Alvin Peterson Hovey, born in Mount Vernon, 9 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Point Township as a birthplace. Across Indiana, the lists cover 384 towns.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Happy Chandler
Best known
Happy Chandler
in 20 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Point Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Point Township
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Francis C. Green
1835–1905United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Happy Chandler
1898–1991American politician, Governor of Kentucky, Baseball Commissioner
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Point 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 (10)
- Happy Chandler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ramsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kassie DePaiva: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earle Clements: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Wilson: Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Peterson Hovey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Hovey: Warner Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick C. Leonard: Leonard Family, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Wayne Parrish: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel S. Marshall: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons