Famous people · Prairie Creek Township
32 famous people were born within 35 miles of Prairie Creek Township
Closest of all is Sid Dinsdale, from Palmer, 8 mi away. Henry Fonda is the most widely known, written about in 100 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Prairie Creek Township. The longest list in Nebraska is Lincoln’s, with 45 names.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Henry Fonda
Best known
Henry Fonda
in 100 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Prairie Creek Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Prairie Creek Township
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Wright Morris
1910–1998American photographer and novelist
Bernard Palmer
1914–1998American author of Christian juvenile fiction
Roy Brewer
1909–2006Labor leader of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Picture Machine Operators
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prairie Creek 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)
- Henry Fonda: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Williams: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Abbott: The original uploader was Mirth at Russian Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Baird: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Abbott: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Lynn Christensen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Jacobsen: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Shortridge Irvine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Brewer: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sid Dinsdale: Cornstalker, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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