Born near Lincoln Township: 29 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, John Levra, was born in Arma, 5 mi away. Gordon Parks is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. The list for Lincoln Township is empty for now. 359 towns in Kansas have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Lincoln Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Lincoln Township
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Anna Marcet Haldeman
1887–1941United States feminist, playwright, editor, author, and bank president.




Ron Kramer
1935–2010American basketball player, gridiron football player and athletics competitor
Andy Pilney
1913–1996American football player and coach, baseball player




Gordon Parks
1912–2006American photographer, musician, writer and film director




Charles Hatfield
1875–1958(1875-1958) American cloud seeder

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lincoln 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 (16)
- Gordon Parks: Rowland Scherman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Clifford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Christy: leyla.a from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Glenn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hart: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale R. Corson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hatfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Hayden: JasonB, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Nichols: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Marcet Haldeman: Tzetzes, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Bob Harmon: 1911 Gold Borders (Broadleaf), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edythe Baker: Alfred Cheney Johnston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Kramer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons