Famous people · Venango Township
Born near Venango Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Edward A. Wilcox, born in Wattsburg, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Paul J. Weitz, with articles in 32 languages. No famous person’s birth in Venango Township is on record yet. The nearest list is next door in Wattsburg: one name, Edward A. Wilcox.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Paul J. Weitz
Best known
Paul J. Weitz
in 32 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Venango Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Venango Township
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lynn St. John
1876–1950American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Peter McLaughlin
born 1949American politician – Minnesota -House 1985-90 (District 60B)
Richard T. Ely
1854–1943United States economist and author
William Spencer Newbury
1834–1915Mayor of Portland Oregon 1877-1879
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Wattsburg leads the towns around it, with one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Venango 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 (12)
- Paul J. Weitz: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Burns: Brother87, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph D. Pistone: United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard T. Ely: Published in the United States prior to 1923, public domain., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daisy Bacon: W. Eugene Smith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Mann Hamilton: Edited by Frederick S. Hills. Published by The Argus Company, Albany., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Leach: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Buell: FriarTuck1981, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Fremont Amidon: The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde O. DeLand: 1866-1958. Frederick DeLand Leete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Newton: Fabian Bachrach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Spencer Newbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons