Famous people · Thompson Township
Born near Thompson Township: 24 famous people within 35 miles
Clarissa Tucker Tracy, born in Jackson Township, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is B.F. Skinner, with articles in 89 languages. No famous person on record lists Thompson Township as their birthplace yet. Of the towns next door, Jackson Township lists Clarissa Tucker Tracy.
Born nearby
24
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
B.F. Skinner
Best known
B.F. Skinner
in 89 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Thompson Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Thompson Township
The 24 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Charles Pickering
1805–1878American anthropologist, botanist, and physician
Ruth deForest Lamb
1896–1978FDA's First Chief Educational Officer and author of ''American Chamber of Horrors"
Jedediah Hotchkiss
1828–1898Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographer
Ralph Hungerford
1896–1977Naval officer and 33rd Governor of American Samoa
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The most names next door are in Jackson Township: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thompson 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 (14)
- B.F. Skinner: Silly rabbit, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat O'Malley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Pickering: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarissa Tucker Tracy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Lord: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jedediah Hotchkiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Murphy: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Wilbur Palmer: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis S. Edwards: John Manley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Giles W. Hotchkiss: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Hungerford: USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Lumley: American Tobacco Company, sponsor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bidleman Bascom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Houghtaling: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons