
Born near Blackhoof Township: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Jessica Lange, born in Cloquet, 13 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Blackhoof Township is on record yet. In all of Minnesota, the famous people on record come from 416 towns. The longest list of any town in Minnesota belongs to Duluth, with 50.
What stands out about Blackhoof Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Blackhoof Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






Richard Bong
1920–1945United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient


Richard Kelly
1908–1939American politician – Minnesota -- "Dick" House 1937-38 (District 60); Senate 1939 (District 60)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blackhoof 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)
- Jessica Lange: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver E. Williamson: Prolineserver, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bong: USAAF official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Payton: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2 Uploaded by Noirish at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marian Nixon: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis B. Schwellenbach: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Larson: doe-oakridge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons