Famous people · Soldier Township
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Soldier Township
Closest of all is Josh Billings, from Grantville, 7 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Topeka: 38 names, starting with Annette Bening. Annette Bening is the most widely known, written about in 72 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Soldier Township.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Annette Bening
Best known
Annette Bening
in 72 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Soldier Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Soldier Township
The 19 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Charles Curtis
1860–1936Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Alice Taylor Gafford
1886–1981American nurse, teacher, and artist
Lee Wykoff
1902–1974American football player and professional wrestler (1898−1974)
Guy Maccoy
1904–1981American painter, printmaker, and teacher
George M. Stafford
1915–1995Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Topeka has the most people on record, 38 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Soldier 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 (9)
- 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
- Lon Kruger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Maccoy: Public domain, 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