Born near Nicollet Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Moxie Meixell, born in Lake Crystal, 10 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Mike Lindell, with articles in 32 languages. 460 towns in Minnesota have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Nicollet Township yet.
What stands out about Nicollet Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Nicollet Township
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Mike Lindell
born 1961American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist





John Albert Johnson
1861–1909American politician from Minnesota


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nicollet 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)
- Mike Lindell: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Johnson: Office of Senator Ron Johnson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Rude: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Chin: US Embassy Nepal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Landsteiner: TracyFleuryFan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrtle Lind: Mack Sennett Comedies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Godfrey G. Goodwin: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Tolan: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons