
Born near Wrenshall Township: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Oliver E. Williamson, born in Superior, 10 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jessica Lange, with articles in 90 languages. The list for Wrenshall Township is empty for now. The longest list in Minnesota is Duluth’s, with 50 names.
What stands out about Wrenshall Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Wrenshall Township
They were born in 4 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 Wrenshall 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)
- 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