Famous people · Chester Township
26 famous people were born within 35 miles of Chester Township
The nearest, Donald Lukens, was born in Harveysburg, 4 mi away. The best known of them is Norman Vincent Peale, with articles in 40 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Chester Township. Famous people are on record for 715 of the towns in Ohio.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Norman Vincent Peale
Best known
Norman Vincent Peale
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Chester Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Chester Township
Nobody born in Chester Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Evans
1814–1897U.S. politician, physician, railroad promoter, and governor
Norman Vincent Peale
1898–1993American writer and minister
Thyrsa Frazier Svager
1930–1999African American mathematician
Albert J. Pearson
1846–1905American lawyer and politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester 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 (14)
- Norman Vincent Peale: Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Grapewin: Originally published in The New York Clipper, December 22, 1900, p. 946., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chip Reese: Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Mangold: original: Anthony Quintanoderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Bradds: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Thuney: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thyrsa Frazier Svager: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Borden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert J. Pearson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Lukens: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred G. Allen: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Haines Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth W. Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons