Grace Marie Bareis
1875–1962American mathematician
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Closest of all is Grace Marie Bareis, from Canal Winchester, 2 mi away. The best known of them is Simone Biles, with articles in 73 languages. Simone Biles leads the 26 names listed next door in Columbus. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Madison Township.
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
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Around it, Columbus has the most people on record, 26 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Madison 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.