Jay Wright Forrester
1918–2016American operations researcher
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Closest of all is Jay Wright Forrester, from Anselmo, 17 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lillian Township. The longest list of any town in Nebraska belongs to Lincoln, with 45. Hastings has the second-longest list in Nebraska, after Lincoln, with 40.

The 3 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
American operations researcher

Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Lillian Township’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lillian 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.