Famous people · Cherokee Township
Born near Cherokee Township: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Pete Kilduff, from Weir, 1 mi away. Roy Glenn is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. No entry yet names Cherokee Township as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Kansas belongs to Lawrence, with 48.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Roy Glenn
Best known
Roy Glenn
in 14 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cherokee Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cherokee Township
Nobody born in Cherokee Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Jim McCafferty
1916–2006American basketball player coach, college athletics administrator
Elizabeth W. Crandall
1914–2005American academic, home economist, author, environmentalist, women's rights activist, and feminist
Andy Pilney
1913–1996American football player and coach, baseball player
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cherokee 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)
- Roy Glenn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale R. Corson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Orr: Unidentified (Michiganensian is the University of Michigan yearbook published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward White Patterson: "The Frontenac Press" (Frontenac, Kansas)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Skubitz: Patricia DuBose Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Daniel Winter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norma Terris: produced by Fox Film Corporation and supplied to "CINE MUNDIAL" magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Gordon Theis: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred McMullin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orval Grove: Leaf International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Kilduff: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac McCune: Legislative Assembly of Alberta (unknown photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McCafferty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons