Famous people · West Township
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of West Township
Harold Urey is the most widely known, written about in 77 languages. The nearest, David van Vactor, was born in Plymouth, 5 mi away. No entry yet names West Township as a birthplace. 377 towns in Indiana have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Harold Urey
Best known
Harold Urey
in 77 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about West Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near West Township
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Paul Fife
1917–2008American scientist and military officer
Hal Steinbrenner
born 1969American professional baseball team owner and executive
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 West 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 (11)
- Harold Urey: Flickr: ENERGY.GOV - Unknown photographer. Restored by Creator:Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Knott: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter LaFeber: Jonathan Schilling, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Chad Blount: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Gerald Archie Mangun: Curiousgeorgetown, CC0, Wikimedia Commons