Born near Five Points: 31 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Seth Doliboa, from Springboro, 3 mi away. The best known of them is JD Vance, with articles in 112 languages. The list for Five Points is empty for now. 707 towns in Ohio have at least one famous person on record.
What stands out about Five Points’ famous people
Famous people born near Five Points
The 31 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Evans
1814–1897U.S. politician, physician, railroad promoter, and governor






William Augustus Newell
1817–1901New Jersey politician, Governor of New Jersey, United States Congressman



John Chivington
1821–1894Former Methodist pastor and colonel in the United States Volunteers


JD Vance
born 1984Vice President of the United States since 2025



Kayla Harrison
born 1990American Olympic judoka and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter



Bill H. Gross
born 1944American finance and investment writer






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Five Points 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 (23)
- JD Vance: Emily J. Higgins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooklyn Decker: Porter Hovey at http://www.porterhovey.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Lucas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kayla Harrison: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Debra Monk: Twentyfoursevenarts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Dyrdek: Michelle Vink, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Kennard: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chip Reese: Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Rolfe: Lars Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Paxson: Portland Trail Blazers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Chivington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Mangold: original: Anthony Quintanoderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Clement: ClementJ as restorer of public domain photo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Thuney: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert C. Schenck: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. McDill: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Borden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janelle Parks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Augustus Newell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Hawk: Mike Morbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert J. Pearson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Lukens: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Bigger: Jacob Cox (1810-1892), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons