Famous people · Grant Township
Born near Grant Township: 27 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Tim Walz, with articles in 74 languages. Closest of all is Virginia Huston, from Wisner, 5 mi away. No entry yet names Grant Township as a birthplace. Across Nebraska, 246 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
17 mi
Tim Walz
Best known
Tim Walz
in 74 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Grant Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Grant Township
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Angel De Cora
1871–1919Ho-chunk painter and illustrator who taught art at the early 20th century
Orville Vogel
1907–1991American biologist and wheat breeder
Martin E. Marty
1928–2025American historian of religion, educator, author, and theologian
Claire Winlow-Vostrovsky
1871–1963Czech-American university professor, translator, Slavist, librarian, journalist, writer, social activist, suffragette and feminist
Lewis Webster Jones
1899–1975American academic administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grant 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)
- Tim Walz: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Kinney: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angel De Cora: Gustave Hensel Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin E. Marty: User:Visviva, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard C. Hunter: History Nebraska (formerly Nebraska State Historical Society), Lincoln, Nebraska., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Kyl: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Bovill: Jonijoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale M. Hansen: USMC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Swanson: inknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Webster Jones: University of Arkansas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Miller: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons