
Born near Washington Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Harl Maggert, born in Cromwell, 6 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Dwight H. Green, with articles in 11 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Washington Township yet. 407 towns across Indiana can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Washington Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Washington Township
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






Timothy Galvin
1894–199314th Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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)
- Dwight H. Green: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene E. Likens: Mariel Carr, Videographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ford Christopher Frick: Harris & Ewing Collection, 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
- Harl Maggert: Bain News Service Uploaded by PM800 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uriel Macias: Urielmacias19, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons