
Born near Ballville: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Robert Knepper, born in Fremont, 3 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Fremont lists the most: 33, with Robert Knepper first. No famous person’s birth in Ballville is on record yet. 750 of the towns in Ohio list at least one person.
What stands out about Ballville’s famous people
Famous people born near Ballville
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.






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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Fremont lists the most people: 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ballville 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)
- Robert Knepper: Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Coleman: photo taken by flickr user stark23x, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Woodson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James B. McPherson: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Gordon: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur W. Overmyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
