#1Famous people · Elyria
From 1833 to 1995, Elyria was the birthplace of 40 famous people
Most widely known is Tianna Madison-Bartoletta, the American long jumper, with articles in 31 languages. 17 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Tianna Madison-Bartoletta was born in 1985. Fewer than a quarter of the 712 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1833
Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.
Youngest
1995
Eric Lauer
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Elyria’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Elyria’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 5.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Elyria
Two of the three are performers.
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Known for
What Elyria is known for
Elyria has 1.5× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Elyria
37 more, 15 of them athletes.
Les Miles
born 1953American college football player, college and professional football coach
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T. Nelson Metcalf
1890–1982American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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Of the towns nearby, Eaton Township lists the most people: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elyria and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. 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)
- Tianna Madison-Bartoletta: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Kenyon: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thelma Drake: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Dexter Holbrook: Williams Brothers (Philadelphia, PA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Haruki Nakamura: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Miles: Spc. Charles W. Gill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Wells Wulsin: Chris Baker, "Ohioprogressive", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bede: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Richmond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons