9 famous people were born within 35 miles of Shelby Township
The best known of them is Sydney Pollack, with articles in 77 languages. Closest of all is Neal Musser, from Otterbein, 2 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Shelby Township. Famous people are on record for 426 of the towns in Indiana.
What stands out about Shelby Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Shelby Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Sydney Pollack
1934–2008American film director, producer and actor





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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shelby 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 (6)
- 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