
Born near South Bend Township: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Kari Wahlgren is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Closest of all is Jerry Moran, from Great Bend, 5 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Great Bend: 20 names, starting with Jerry Moran. Of the famous people on record, none was born in South Bend Township.
What stands out about South Bend Township’s famous people
Famous people born near South Bend Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





Wally Hickel
1919–2010Governor of Alaska, United States Secretary of the Interior


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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Great Bend has the most on record: 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Bend 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 (7)
- Kari Wahlgren: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Moran: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karrin Allyson: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Stryker: Russell Lee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Schwab: SomethingDifferentKC, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ty Cobb: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Dressen: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
