Jay Wright Forrester
1918–2016American operations researcher
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
So far, no famous person on record was born in Sargent Township. Closest of all is Jay Wright Forrester, from Anselmo, 26 mi away. Famous people are on record for 238 of the towns in Nebraska. Lincoln has the most of any town in Nebraska: 45.

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

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sargent 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.