Famous people · Blakeslee
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Blakeslee
Closest of all is Mel Held, from Edon, 3 mi away. Terence T. Henricks is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. No famous person on record lists Blakeslee as their birthplace yet. Across Ohio, 709 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Terence T. Henricks
Best known
Terence T. Henricks
in 17 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blakeslee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Blakeslee
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Owen Ray Skelton
1886–1969American automotive engineer, automobile designer, businessman
Cook Lougheed
1922–2008Fort Wayne entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blakeslee 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 (7)
- Terence T. Henricks: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Cramer: Mascot Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Siple: Ed Palumbo/World Telegram photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Carpenter: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Wisler: Staff Sgt. Jason Duhr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nemo Leibold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Ray Skelton: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons