
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Beulah Beach
The best known of them is Toni Morrison, with articles in 133 languages. No famous person’s birth in Beulah Beach is on record yet. Closest of all is Guy Carlton, from Amherst, 11 mi away. 775 of the towns in Ohio list at least one person.
What stands out about Beulah Beach’s famous people
Famous people born near Beulah Beach
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Toni Morrison
1931–2019African American novelist, essayist, and academic

Ernest King
1878–1956United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations






Ellen R. Stofan
born 1961Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution


Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
1863–1944American entomologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beulah Beach 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 (12)
- Toni Morrison: John Mathew Smith (celebrity-photos.com), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest King: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Shelton: Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Overmyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Molina: (c) Anders Jensen-Urstad, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Muska: https://www.youtube.com/uproxx, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen R. Stofan: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Carlton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quincy Adams Gillmore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lofton Russell Henderson: USMC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Harris Hitchcock: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons