Famous people · Marion Township
Born near Marion Township: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Wild Bill Elliott, from Pattonsburg, 5 mi away. No entry yet names Marion Township as a birthplace. The best known of them is Conrad Burns, with articles in 21 languages. The longest list in Missouri is St. Joseph’s, with 57 names.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Conrad Burns
Best known
Conrad Burns
in 21 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Marion Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Marion Township
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Thornton Kemper, Sr.
1866–1938American banker and politician
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 Marion 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)
- Conrad Burns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wild Bill Elliott: Columbia Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Monroe Dockery: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buzz Barton: Film Booking Offices of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Blair, Jr.: James T. Blair, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duck Dowell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thornton Kemper, Sr.: JonathanKemper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons