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Famous people · Cincinnati

Born near Cincinnati: 15 famous people within 35 miles

The nearest, Clement V. Rogers, was born in Westville, 5 mi away. C. G. Maxwell is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. No famous person’s birth in Cincinnati is on record yet. In all of Arkansas, the famous people on record come from 244 towns.

#2 best knownMargaret PittmanNotable · 1901–1995
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Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
C. G. Maxwell
Best known
C. G. Maxwell
in 9 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Cincinnati’s famous people

Close to homeNearby births fill this page: 15 people from up to 35 miles away.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Cincinnati

The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miSiloam Springs · 4Stilwell · 3Summers · 2Chewey · 1Gentry · 1Farmington · 1Cincinnati
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cincinnati 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 (6)
  • Margaret Pittman: Scanned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the Science Service Collection at the National Museum of American History with permission., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Atalie Unkalunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Clement V. Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Ray Powell: Exhibits, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • George W. Bond: Louisiana Tech, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Damon Canfield: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons