Born near Lincoln Township: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Roy Bargy is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Closest of all is Glenn Meyers, from Fremont, 11 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lincoln Township. Of the towns next door, Sherman Township lists the most: 2, with Ed Wheeler first.
What stands out about Lincoln Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Lincoln Township
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Lorie Masters
born 1954American attorney, public servant, and politician


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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Sherman Township has the most on record: 2.
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 (6)
- Roy Bargy: Roy Bargy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Berger: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Zagers: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert K. Stevens: Wystan Stevens, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella H. Brockway Avann: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorie Masters: Patrick Long uploaded this to Flickr from http://loriemasters.com/meet-lorie/ (whose contents have been donated to Wikipedia by non-exclusive license user Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Docum…, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons