Famous people · Cottonwood Township
16 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cottonwood Township
Sid Dinsdale, born in Palmer, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Grover Cleveland Alexander, with articles in 14 languages. No famous person’s birth in Cottonwood Township is on record yet. In Nebraska, 264 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Best known
Grover Cleveland Alexander
in 14 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Cottonwood Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Cottonwood Township
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Gary E. Zaruba
1940–2014American art educator, painter and potter
Wright Morris
1910–1998American photographer and novelist
Bernard Palmer
1914–1998American author of Christian juvenile fiction
Louise Long
1886–1966American screenwriter, educator, author, and film editor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cottonwood 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 (8)
- Grover Cleveland Alexander: Mattingly23, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norma Paulus: Norma_Paulus_and_Jefferson_Smith.jpg: Thomas Le Ngo derivative work: Aboutmovies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Lynn Christensen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Shortridge Irvine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sid Dinsdale: Cornstalker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan F. Smith: University of Georgia School of Law, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George A. Lovejoy: Jeffers, Vibert .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);b…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Long: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons