
Born near Tippecanoe Township: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Gene E. Likens, born in Pierceton, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is John McMartin, with articles in 13 languages. No entry yet names Tippecanoe Township as a birthplace. 422 towns in Indiana have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Tippecanoe Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Tippecanoe Township
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Timothy Galvin
1894–199314th Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus


Jill Long Thompson
born 1952Member of the United States House of Representatives



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tippecanoe 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)
- John McMartin: Nick Step, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight H. Green: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene E. Likens: Mariel Carr, Videographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jill Long Thompson: US Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel W. Royse: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nic Moore: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Uriel Macias: Urielmacias19, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons