Famous people · Grove Township
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Grove Township
Closest of all is Fred Torneden, from Dover Township, 10 mi away. Annette Bening is the most widely known, written about in 72 languages. In all of Kansas, the famous people on record come from 336 towns. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Grove Township.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Annette Bening
Best known
Annette Bening
in 72 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grove Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grove Township
Nobody born in Grove Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Charles Curtis
1860–1936Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Lee Wykoff
1902–1974American football player and professional wrestler (1898−1974)
Alice Taylor Gafford
1886–1981American nurse, teacher, and artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grove 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)
- Annette Bening: Annette_Bening_2011_AA.jpg: David Torcivia at https://www.flickr.com/photos/viatorci/ derivative work: César, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Curtis: Strauss Peyton, Kansas City, Missouri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwendolyn Brooks: ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Roberts: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Smith: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Carroll: ThinkTech Hawaii, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Billings: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Wykoff: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons