Famous people · Butler Township
Born near Butler Township: 6 famous people within 35 miles
Wild Bill Elliott, born in Pattonsburg, 7 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Butler Township as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57. After St. Joseph, the next longest list in Missouri is Columbia’s, with 51.
Born nearby
6
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Wild Bill Elliott
Best known
Wild Bill Elliott
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Butler Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Butler Township
The 6 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jesse N. Funk
1888–1933United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Duck Dowell
1912–2003American basketball and football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Butler 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 (4)
- Wild Bill Elliott: Columbia Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duck Dowell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse N. Funk: See below, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Murray: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons