Famous people · Gorham Township
11 famous people were born within 35 miles of Gorham Township
Closest of all is Ben Edwin Perry, from Fayette, 1 mi away. Of the bordering towns, Medina Township has the longest list: 2, with John Charles Tarsney at the top. Barney Oldfield is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Gorham Township yet.
Born nearby
11
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Barney Oldfield
Best known
Barney Oldfield
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Gorham Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Gorham Township
The 11 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
James Massey
1934–2013American information theorist and cryptologist
Richard Mourdock
born 1951Indiana Republican Party politician
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The longest list nearby is Medina Township’s, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gorham 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 (8)
- 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
- Timothy E. Tarsney: From 1898's "Landmarks of Detroit" by Robert B. Ross (died 1918) and George B. Catlin (died 1934), revised by Clarence W. Burton., 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
- John Charles Tarsney: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons