Famous people · Leesville Township
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Leesville Township
Virgil Hill, born in Clinton, 10 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Leesville Township as their birthplace yet. 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
16
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Virgil Hill
Best known
Virgil Hill
in 17 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Leesville Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Leesville Township
Nobody born in Leesville Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Herbert Sorrell
1897–1973American trade union activist and organizer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leesville 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 (11)
- Virgil Hill: Shane Balkowitsch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Sorrell: Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Billings: Grich004, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Lumpe: Detroit Tigers / MLB, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Tell Johnson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pearce Chiles: Spalding Guide, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Disch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry J. Arnold: Charles D. Kirkland, 1851-1926, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Luebber: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Francis Schnabel: Cybold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Moore Johnson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons