Born near Wabash Township: 10 famous people within 35 miles
Amanda Elmore, born in West Lafayette, 3 mi away, is the closest. Next door, West Lafayette lists 16, led by Amanda Elmore. No famous person’s birth in Wabash Township is on record yet. The best known of them is Sydney Pollack, with articles in 77 languages.
What stands out about Wabash Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Wabash Township
Nobody born in Wabash Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.

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





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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is West Lafayette’s, with 16.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wabash 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