Famous people · Walnut Township
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Walnut Township
Closest of all is Thelma G. Thurstone, from Hume, 6 mi away. Robert A. Heinlein is the most widely known, written about in 101 languages. No famous person on record lists Walnut Township as their birthplace yet. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 389 towns.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Robert A. Heinlein
Best known
Robert A. Heinlein
in 101 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Walnut Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Walnut Township
They were born in 4 towns 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 Walnut 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 (6)
- 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
- Enoch J. Mills: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kit Clardy: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons