Famous people · Franklin Township
Born near Franklin Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Brand Blanshard, from Fredericksburg, 4 mi away. Emma P. Carr is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Franklin Township yet. Of the towns next door, Wooster lists the most: 22, with Arthur Holly Compton first.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Emma P. Carr
Best known
Emma P. Carr
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Franklin Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Franklin Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Robert X. Cringely
born 1953American technology journalist and columnist
Emma P. Carr
1880–1972American spectroscopist and chemical educator
Charles Critchfield
1910–1994American mathematical physicist
John Kissig Cowen
1844–1904American politician and railroad executive
Robert E. Dickinson
1940–2026American meteorologist and geoscientist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Wooster has the most on record: 22.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin 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 (10)
- Roscoe C. McCulloch: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirtland I. Perky: 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
- Ebenezer B. Finley: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Odell Lovett: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Moore McCulloch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack L. Davis: Davis724, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Adams: U.S. government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Weir: Cyrus Townsend Brady, author. Published in "Pearson's Magazine" (New York, NY)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Holly Compton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons