
Born near North Township: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Across the town line, Parsons lists 17, ZaSu Pitts first. ZaSu Pitts, born in Parsons, 3 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names North Township as a birthplace. 295 towns in Kansas have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about North Township’s famous people
Famous people born near North Township
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.







George Pepperdine
1886–1962American businessman and philanthropist

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Famous people from the towns next door
Parsons has the longest list next door: 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North 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)
- ZaSu Pitts: Picture-Play Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buck Clayton: 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
- Myron V. George: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T. Claude Ryan: BatteryIncluded, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Richard Scott: Ryanjorr, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carson Robison: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
