
Born near Marion Township: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Gordon Parks, with articles in 36 languages. The nearest, Don Dennis, was born in Uniontown, 1 mi away. The list for Marion Township is empty for now. 295 towns across Kansas can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Marion Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Marion Township
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



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 Marion 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
- 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
- Dick Nichols: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Dennis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons