Photo: OHIO fan at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Athens Township
3 famous people made Athens Township their home
3 notable people lived here, among them Atul Gawande. So far, no famous person on record was born in Athens Township. Across Ohio, 754 towns list someone born there. Warren has the most of any town in Ohio: 54.
A chosen home
Also called Athens Township home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Atul Gawande.
Richard Vedder
born 1940American writer, economist, and distinguished professor at Ohio University
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Bianca Spriggs
born 1981American poet, professor, and multidisciplinary artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Athens Township 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.
Photo credits (2)
- Atul Gawande: United States Agency for International Development, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Vedder: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons