Famous people · Clay Township
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Clay Township
Closest of all is Dizzy Nutter, from Roseville, 2 mi away. Zane Grey is the most widely known, written about in 41 languages. No famous person’s birth in Clay Township is on record yet. 775 towns in Ohio have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Zane Grey
Best known
Zane Grey
in 41 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Clay Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Clay Township
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Wally Kinnan
1919–2002American World War II hero, television newscaster, weatherman, and meteorologist
Stephen Benton Elkins
1841–1911Union United States Army officer
John Augustine Zahm
1851–1921Holy Cross priest, author, scientist, and South American explorer
William E. Forsythe
1881–1969American physicist
Kevin Martin
born 1983American basketball player (born February 01, 1983)
Ada Kepley
1847–1925First American woman to graduate from law school
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clay 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)
- Zane Grey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Basehart: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cass Gilbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Martin: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Benton Elkins: Bain News Service, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Augustine Zahm: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Januarius MacGahan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Calderhead: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Kepley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Finck: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. McShane: D. C. Dunbar (Omaha, NE), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mell G. Underwood: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons