
17 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lincoln Heights
Luke Perry, born in Mansfield, 3 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Mansfield lists the most: 43, with Luke Perry first. Not one famous person on record comes from Lincoln Heights yet. In Ohio, 774 towns have someone on the list.
What stands out about Lincoln Heights’ famous people
Famous people born near Lincoln Heights
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Louis Bromfield
1896–1956American author and conservationist


Michael L. Gernhardt
born 1956NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory

Royal D. Suttkus
1920–2009Ichthyologist, founder of a fish collection

Ernest Cline
born 1972American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter

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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Mansfield has the most on record, with 43.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lincoln Heights 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)
- Luke Perry: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherrod Brown: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Cline: Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Bromfield: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Mainzer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael L. Gernhardt: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund G. Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Simon: TV episode screenshot (Syndication), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
