
Born near Cherry Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Louise Brooks, was born in Cherryvale, 4 mi away. In Kansas, 291 towns have someone on the list. No famous person’s birth in Cherry Township is on record yet. The longest list in Kansas is Lawrence’s, with 48 names.
What stands out about Cherry Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Cherry Township
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Erv Pitts
1920–1999South Dakota football, basketball, and baseball coach







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cherry 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)
- Louise Brooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Inge: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- ZaSu Pitts: Picture-Play Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivian Vance: Maurice Seymour, Chicago, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Bamman: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buck Clayton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oren E. Long: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Schmidt: Ike Hayman, House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Foster: Willis Kent Productions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Anne Allman: B e y o n d 84 Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaun Hill: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. Claude Ryan: BatteryIncluded, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Richard Scott: Ryanjorr, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons