Famous people · Lake Township
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lake Township
Closest of all is Mary Pat Gleason, from Lake City, 4 mi away. No famous person on record lists Lake Township as their birthplace yet. Across Minnesota, 458 towns list someone born there. Duluth’s 50 names make the longest list in Minnesota.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Mary Pat Gleason
Best known
Mary Pat Gleason
in 21 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lake Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lake Township
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Fay George Child
1908–1965American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1951-62 (District 24); Senate 1963-65 (District 22)
Grover C. George
1893–1976American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1947-62 (District 19)
Charles H. Miller
1918–1971American politician from Minnesota
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake 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)
- Mary Pat Gleason: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Heise: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Hinman Waskey: Edward Sanford Harrison (editor-publisher); photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Foley: US Government printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Nystrom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Martin: Ryan Elwell from Vancouver, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald D. Schrimpf: Vandygal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons