Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to White River Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Famous people · White River Township

Born near White River Township: 17 famous people within 35 miles

Robert Wise, born in Winchester, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Wendell Meredith Stanley, with articles in 63 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in White River Township. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.

#1 best knownWendell Meredith StanleyScience & Medicine · 1904–1971
+13more
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Best known
Wendell Meredith Stanley
in 63 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about White River Township’s famous people

Close to homeNearby births fill this page: 17 people from up to 35 miles away.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near White River Township

They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miWinchester · 5Ridgeville · 1Spartanburg · 1White River Township
Wendell Meredith Stanley

Wendell Meredith Stanley

1904–1971

American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Science & MedicineRidgeville · 9 miWikipedia ↗
The town’s pick

Who’s the most famous person from White River Township?

Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Town Square →
Your pick
No picks yet

Be the first to say who White River Township’s most famous person is.

Or tell us

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is White River 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)