Famous people · Clay Township
Born near Clay Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Calamity Jane is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. The nearest, Bryce Walton, was born in Blythedale, 6 mi away. The list for Clay Township is empty for now. 391 towns across Missouri can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Calamity Jane
Best known
Calamity Jane
in 39 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Clay Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Clay Township
Nobody born in Clay Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Beulah Poynter
1883–1960American actor, writer and playwright
W. Wallace Smith
1900–1989Prophet-President of Community of Christ
Minnetta Theodora Taylor
1860–1911American author, poet, polyglot, clubwoman, and suffragist
Wilmatte Porter Cockerell
1870–1957American entomologist, botanist, scientific collector and teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clay 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 (15)
- Calamity Jane: H. R. Locke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur M. Hyde: Bain News Service, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McConnell: Charles Michael Murray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leith Stevens: David Bransby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mervin Joe Kelly: Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beulah Poynter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Clinton Porter: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. McGrew Willis: Christie Film Company / Producers Distributing Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Emerson Bailey: Charles U. Becker, Missouri Secretary of State, author and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Leon Dawson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Watt: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Bernard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Booth: Karen Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. M. S. Richards: Larry Sharkey, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Minnetta Theodora Taylor: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons