Born near Hamilton Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Robert B. Wilson is the most widely known, written about in 44 languages. Closest of all is C. Wellington Walker, from Strang, 4 mi away. No famous person on record lists Hamilton Township as their birthplace yet. The Nebraska lists hold names for 233 towns.
What stands out about Hamilton Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Hamilton Township
Nobody born in Hamilton Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.

Robert B. Wilson
born 1937American economist and Nobel laureate

John E. Nelson
born 1935Attorney and member of the Nebraska Legislature
Howard Bradley Smith
born 1894American author, lecturer, and memory expert
Terry Murrell
born 1968

Beverly Deepe Keever
born 1935American journalist, correspondent, author, professor

H.H. Kemper
1882–1964Original MLA of Saskatchewan's Farmer-Labour Group, later the CCF
Frederick Ballard
1884–1957American playwright and screenwriter



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hamilton 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)
- Kate Barnard: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxine Gates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Hitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverly Deepe Keever: BDKeever, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret E. Haughawout: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Snyder: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Hughes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons