Earl C. Slipher
1883–1964American astronomer and politician
Famous people · Sheffield Township
Born near Sheffield Township: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Earl C. Slipher, from Mulberry, 5 mi away. Sydney Pollack is the most widely known, written about in 77 languages. No famous person on record lists Sheffield Township as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Sydney Pollack
Best known
Sydney Pollack
in 77 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Sheffield Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Sheffield Township
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Sydney Pollack
1934–2008American film director, producer and actor
William V. Rinehart
1835–1918American soldier who served as a Union Army officer
Brian Binnie
1953–2022United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut
Cleve Jones
born 1954American LGBT rights and AIDS activist
David M. Shoup
1904–1983United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Jack Dillon
1891–1942American boxer who held the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sheffield 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 (17)
- Sydney Pollack: Arthur from Westchester County north of NYC, USA, at [email protected], CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Axl Rose: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Izzy Stradlin: Dineshraj Goomany from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Embeth Davidtz: Fileman67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Ewry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald E. Williams: As stated on the alt text at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/williams-de.html: NASA photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Geer: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Aidman: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Caruso: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Plumlee: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valentine Grant: Motion Picture Classic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Binnie: Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleve Jones: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Dillon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David M. Shoup: United States Marine corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rana Foroohar: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Rinehart: Photo not credited in any obvious way, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons