
22 famous people were born within 35 miles of Cinnamon Lake
Ernest Cline is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Closest of all is Charles Joseph Chamberlain, from Sullivan, 3 mi away. No famous person on record lists Cinnamon Lake as their birthplace yet. 754 towns in Ohio have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Cinnamon Lake’s famous people
Famous people born near Cinnamon Lake
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Zeola Hershey Misener
1878–1966Indiana suffragist and politician
Milton L. Haney
1825–1922United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Ernest Cline
born 1972American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter





Robert R. Rowland
1917–2003USAF major general and Second World War flying ace



William Byron Colver
1870–1926American journalist and public official
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cinnamon Lake 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)
- Ernest Cline: Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund G. Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Richmond: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Joseph Chamberlain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Musselman: Racaldwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Eric Reinhart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred P. Swineford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Brown: HJG1986, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Topsy Hartsel: Paul Thompson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Kime: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kollin Moore: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Warden Bonney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Byron Colver: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons