Famous people · Crawford Township
Born near Crawford Township: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Owen Scheetz, from Baltic, 4 mi away. Vesta Williams is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Crawford Township. Across Ohio, 723 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Vesta Williams
Best known
Vesta Williams
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Crawford Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Crawford Township
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Bob Brenly
born 1954American baseball player, manager, and commentator
John Kissig Cowen
1844–1904American politician and railroad executive
Robert E. Dickinson
1940–2026American meteorologist and geoscientist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crawford 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 (9)
- Roscoe C. McCulloch: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Burress: Joseph Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Kissig Cowen: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Harrison Eaton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Brenly: Mother's Cookies, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Horyn: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Cassingham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Green: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar P. Snyder: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons