Gordon Parks
1912–2006American photographer, musician, writer and film director
Famous people · Freedom Township
Born near Freedom Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Gordon Parks, born in Fort Scott, 11 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Freedom Township is on record yet. 294 towns across Kansas can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Kansas is Lawrence’s, with 48 names.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Gordon Parks
Best known
Gordon Parks
in 36 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Freedom Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Freedom Township
Nobody born in Freedom Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Charles Hatfield
1875–1958(1875-1958) American cloud seeder
Enoch J. Mills
1878–1935American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Freedom 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 (8)
- Gordon Parks: Rowland Scherman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Samuel Johnson: Photo credit: O. J. Jordan.Published in Time magazine., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Clifford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer McCollum: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Christy: leyla.a from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hart: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hatfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch J. Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons