Famous people · Bowling Green Township
Born near Bowling Green Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Of the towns next door, Hopewell Township lists Gene Mechling. The nearest, William M. Morgan, was born in Brownsville, 3 mi away. Edward James Roye is the most widely known, written about in 21 languages. No famous person’s birth in Bowling Green Township is on record yet.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Edward James Roye
Best known
Edward James Roye
in 21 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Bowling Green Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Bowling Green Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Dick Shrider
1923–2014American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Walter Leckrone
1897–1964
Ada Kepley
1847–1925First American woman to graduate from law school
William E. Birkhimer
1848–1914U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
George Amos Dorsey
1868–1931Ethnographer of North American Indians, especially the Mandan tribe
Edward James Roye
1815–1872First member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as President
Jon Hendricks
1921–2017American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowling Green Township 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 (13)
- Edward James Roye: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerrie Mock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Hendricks: Atael Weissman @ ataelw, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Wilson: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton: unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Kepley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Shrider: Ohio University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Clay Van Voorhis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Finck: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Birkhimer: Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy. Published by Seeman & Peters (Saginaw, MI)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob F. Burket: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons