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Famous people · Ashland
Ashland is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Eva Johnston, the American classical philologist, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is C. Edwin Creed, the American football coach. Born in 1865, Eva Johnston is the first name on record, and C. Edwin Creed, born in 1921, the most recent. Across Missouri, 389 towns list someone born there.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Eva Johnston
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Eva Johnston
Youngest
1921
C. Edwin Creed
The best known
Born in Ashland
CC#2
Known for
What Ashland is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashland and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.