Famous people · Spencer Township
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Spencer Township
Forrest Lucas, born in Ramsey, 4 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Spencer Township is on record yet. The best known of them is Walter Quintin Gresham, with articles in 27 languages. The longest list in Indiana is Gary’s, with 68 names.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Walter Quintin Gresham
Best known
Walter Quintin Gresham
in 27 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Spencer Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Spencer Township
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Catharine Merrill
1824–1900American Civil War nurse and professor
Nathan Kimball
1822–1898Union Army general, Indiana politician
Walter Quintin Gresham
1832–1895US Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Union Army general
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spencer 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 (9)
- Walter Quintin Gresham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Terman: Ric Teague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Jenner: United States Senate Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Kimball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Self Ridley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Zenor: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Theopilus Jones: H.B. Hall & Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Merrill: Theodore Clement Steele, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Forrest Lucas: Stuart Rowlands, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons