Famous people · Congress Township
Close to home: 32 famous people born near Congress Township
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Congress Township yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Edwin Taylor Pollock
Best known
Edwin Taylor Pollock
in 9 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Congress Township
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Congress Township yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
William Vermillion Houston
1900–1968American physicist
Frank W. Gunsaulus
1856–1921American university and college president
William C. Grimes
1857–1931American politician and businessman
R. C. Chambers
1832–1901American politician, silver mine owner, and capitalist
Rae Natalie Prosser de Goodall
1935–2015American-Argentinian natural historian
Royal D. Suttkus
1920–2009Ichthyologist, founder of a fish collection
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Congress Township, 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 aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (17)
- Edwin Taylor Pollock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Graves Sharp: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Powell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Vermillion Houston: GFHund, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Loyer: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oswald Bruce Cooper: Ailigean, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Belcher: White House Photographic Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Celeste Le Blond: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. B. Shuck: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Grimes: User Basti-stuttgart on de.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert W. Morgan: KDEO Radio 94, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thad H. Brown: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Curran: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank W. Gunsaulus: Contemporary photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Sites: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olive San Louie Anderson: Not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. C. Chambers: The state of Utah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons