Famous people · Viola Township
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Viola Township
Closest of all is Tom Speer, from Elgin, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Lea Thompson, with articles in 45 languages. 410 towns in Minnesota have at least one famous person on record. Not one famous person on record comes from Viola Township yet.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Lea Thompson
Best known
Lea Thompson
in 45 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Viola Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Viola Township
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Art Donahue
1913–1942American World War II flying ace serving with the RAF
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Viola 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)
- Lea Thompson: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheree J. Wilson: Jdpaschal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Butorac: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael C. Burgess: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Martin: Ryan Elwell from Vancouver, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons