David M. Shoup
1904–1983United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Famous people · Tippecanoe Township
Born near Tippecanoe Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is David M. Shoup, from Battle Ground, 1 mi away. The best known of them is Sydney Pollack, with articles in 77 languages. Next door, West Lafayette lists 16, led by Amanda Elmore. Across Indiana, 426 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Sydney Pollack
Best known
Sydney Pollack
in 77 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Tippecanoe Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Tippecanoe Township
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Brian Binnie
1953–2022United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut
Cleve Jones
born 1954American LGBT rights and AIDS activist
Sydney Pollack
1934–2008American film director, producer and actor
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Famous people from the towns next door
West Lafayette has the longest list next door: 16.
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 (13)
- Sydney Pollack: Arthur from Westchester County north of NYC, USA, at [email protected], CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Axl Rose: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Izzy Stradlin: Dineshraj Goomany from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Embeth Davidtz: Fileman67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Ewry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald E. Williams: As stated on the alt text at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/williams-de.html: NASA photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Plumlee: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Binnie: Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleve Jones: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses E. Clapp: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Kennedy: Bureau of Industrial Service. The bureau, a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam, was used for distribution of publicity material by many in the television industry., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David M. Shoup: United States Marine corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Lucas: William Vincent Lucas (1835-1921)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons