15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Union Township
Donald B. Easum, born in Culver, 1 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Lydia Knott, with articles in 14 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Union Township. In all of Indiana, the famous people on record come from 398 towns.
What stands out about Union Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Union Township
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Hal Steinbrenner
born 1969American professional baseball team owner and executive




William Paul Fife
1917–2008American scientist and military officer


Stuart Gorrell
1901–1963American banker, wrote the lyrics to "Georgia on My Mind"

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Union 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 (8)
- Lydia Knott: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Games Slayter: Owens Corning, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Stults: OctopusHat on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Middleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Paul Fife: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Steinbrenner: edogisgod, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry N. Couden: Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Short: Austin Senators, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons