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People from Clinton County who have made a
significant impact on society
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- Zerna Addis Sharp
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Mother of the Dick and Jane Reader
- Dr. Vesto Slipher
- He was director of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona In 1916
he headed the group who discovered the Planet Pluto in March 1930. The
discovery was regarded as the greatest in astronomy since the discovery of
Neptune in 1849
- Dr. Lloyd Newhouser
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Received world-wide acclaim for his research on blood plasma
during Work War II
- Dr. Troy Erhart
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Chief surgeon of Ancon Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone for 37
years
- Freddie Shaffer
- Freddie Shaffer and His all Girl
Orchestra
- Russell Stair
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Pilot taught flying at Purdue University operated an air port In
Mulberry and gave flying lessons to locals.
- Will Geer
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Grandpa Walton of the television fame "The Waltons" Graduated from
Frankfort High School 1919
- Jon Magnus Jonson
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Sculptor
- Everett Case
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Frankfort Basketball Coach
- Curley Myers
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Founder of Shady Acres and Channel 6 TV personality
- John Riggs
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Author
- Lt. Cmdr. Adrian Marks
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Piloted survivors of the U.S.S. Indianapolis to safety
- Laird Hunt
- Former United Nations press officer and current faculty member at Naropa
University, has lived in Singapore, Tokyo, London, Paris The Hague, New
York, and on an Indiana farm. He is the author of the novel
"The
Impossibly" and his writing has appeared both here and abroad in many
publications. He and his wife , the poet Eleni Sikelianos, live in
Boulder, Colorado.
- Joseph Elliott
- Clarinetist
Kyle Cook
Singer formerly with Match Box Twenty
Basil L. Walters
Basil ( Stuffy ) Walters
Born
Frankfort, Indiana May 3, 1896
Felis Mendez
Pharmacist , linguist, teacher
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