Famous people · Posey Township
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Posey Township
Closest of all is Craig Schoen, from Elizabeth, 1 mi away. Walter Quintin Gresham is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Across Indiana, 397 towns list someone born there. No entry yet names Posey Township as a birthplace.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Walter Quintin Gresham
Best known
Walter Quintin Gresham
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Posey Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Posey Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Walter Quintin Gresham
1832–1895US Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Union Army general
Joseph Ritter
1892–1967Roman Catholic cardinal from the United States
Donna Schaibley
born 1953American politician from Indiana
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Posey 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)
- Walter Quintin Gresham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Brown Goode: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fuzzy Zoeller: Keith Allison (Keith Allison @ Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romeo Langford: TheHoosier.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cantrell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Ritter: The Vatican, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Zenor: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons