Famous people · Lyons
Born near Lyons: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Tony Scheffler, from Morenci, 8 mi away. Barney Oldfield is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. No famous person’s birth in Lyons is on record yet. 714 towns in Ohio have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Barney Oldfield
Best known
Barney Oldfield
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lyons’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lyons
Nobody born in Lyons is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Marvin B. Prentiss
1870–1953
James Massey
1934–2013American information theorist and cryptologist
Richard Mourdock
born 1951Indiana Republican Party politician
John Henry Barrows
1847–1902American clergyman of First Presbyterian Church
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyons 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
- Charles Haubiel: 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
- John Henry Barrows: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons