Famous people · Lindley Township
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lindley Township
Closest of all is F. McGrew Willis, from Pleasanton, 5 mi away. Calamity Jane is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. No entry yet names Lindley Township as a birthplace. The longest list in Missouri is St. Joseph’s, with 57 names.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Calamity Jane
Best known
Calamity Jane
in 39 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lindley Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lindley Township
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Minnetta Theodora Taylor
1860–1911American author, poet, polyglot, clubwoman, and suffragist
W. Wallace Smith
1900–1989Prophet-President of Community of Christ
Wilmatte Porter Cockerell
1870–1957American entomologist, botanist, scientific collector and teacher
Beulah Poynter
1883–1960American actor, writer and playwright
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lindley 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