
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Clinton Township
The nearest, Barney Oldfield, was born in Wauseon, 2 mi away. Erik Palmer-Brown is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Clinton Township. 758 of the towns in Ohio list at least one person.
What stands out about Clinton Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Clinton Township
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.


James Massey
1934–2013American information theorist and cryptologist









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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clinton 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 (11)
- Erik Palmer-Brown: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barney Oldfield: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Massey: Unbekannt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Neff: BillCramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Mourdock: IN.gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Haubiel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank C. Kniffin: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Scheffler: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Philip Hahn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn R. Wachtmann: Ohio General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph O. Rychener: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons