Famous people · Read Township
Born near Read Township: 32 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Coleen Gray, with articles in 25 languages. Closest of all is Winfred Philip Lehmann, from Surprise, 1 mi away. In all of Nebraska, the famous people on record come from 233 towns. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Read Township.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Coleen Gray
Best known
Coleen Gray
in 25 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Read Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Read Township
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Eva Greenslit Anderson
1889–1972American writer and politician
Cecil Kern
1885–1967American stage and film actress and theater director
Ruth Etting
1896–1978American singer, vaudevillian, musical theatre performer and film actress
Kenneth Steiner
born 1936Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Ernest R. Kouma
1919–1993United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Read 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 (15)
- Coleen Gray: Grisha Goluboff (1919-2002), american violonist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Etting: CBS-Etting had a long-time contract with Columbia Records in the 1920s-1930s., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Archer: Cathy Estes Sparks, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Kegeris: author of photograph is unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley K. Hathaway: USDOI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Hruska: United States Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- F. F. Bosworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Qveen Herby: Southern Arkansas University, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Judd: Star Tribune / Hennepin County Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John N. Norton: Sara Mullin Baldwin, Robert Morton Baldwin, authors. The Baldwin Company (Hebron, NE), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Kern: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest R. Kouma: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackson B. Chase: US Government printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher. Via HathiTrust., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Mitchell Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ad Liska: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons