19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Richland Township
The nearest, Ted Haggard, was born in Yorktown, 6 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Richland Township. The best known of them is Cory Edwards, with articles in 27 languages. Next door, the list for Anderson holds 49, Cory Edwards first.
What stands out about Richland Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Richland Township
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Melvin E. Biddle
1923–2010United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Andrew J. Cummins
1868–1923United States Army Medal of Honor recipient


Ray Enright
1896–1965American film director, screenwriter and film editor



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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Anderson lists the most people: 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richland 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 (6)
- Gary Burton: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Drews: Werqishaxfierce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mack Mattingly: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Bonham: NCAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonzi Wells: keithjj on Pixabay, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Gaither: Original uploader was Pombeman at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons