Born near Wayne Township: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Amanda Elmore, was born in West Lafayette, 9 mi away. No famous person on record lists Wayne Township as their birthplace yet. The best known of them is Sydney Pollack, with articles in 77 languages. Across Indiana, 400 towns list someone born there.
What stands out about Wayne Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Wayne Township
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

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





Bernard Sobel
1887–1964American playwright, drama critic, and author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wayne 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