Famous people · Howard Township
Born near Howard Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Thelma G. Thurstone, born in Hume, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Robert A. Heinlein, with articles in 101 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Howard Township yet. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Robert A. Heinlein
Best known
Robert A. Heinlein
in 101 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Howard Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Howard Township
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Enoch J. Mills
1878–1935American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Robert A. Heinlein
1907–1988American author and aeronautical engineer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Howard 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 (7)
- Robert A. Heinlein: Photographer unknown, published by Doubleday, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles O'Rear: Andrew (bunnie) Huang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wesley Bolin: Office of Governor Wesley Bolin (Phoenix, AZ)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George H. Christopher: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Beatty: Robert A. Beatty, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch J. Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kit Clardy: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons