12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Magnetic Springs
The nearest, Wallace Clement Sabine, was born in Richwood, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Rutherford B. Hayes, with articles in 140 languages. No famous person’s birth in Magnetic Springs is on record yet. Famous people are on record for 775 of the towns in Ohio.
What stands out about Magnetic Springs’ famous people
Famous people born near Magnetic Springs
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
1852–1913Second Lady of the United States from 1905 to 1909


Rutherford B. Hayes
1822–1893President of the United States from 1877 to 1881


Horace Newton Allen
1858–1932American missionary, diplomat, physician

Edwin Grant Conklin
1863–1952American biologist and zoologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Magnetic Springs 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 (6)
- Rutherford B. Hayes: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Sherwood Rowland: Markus Pössel (Mapos), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Grant Conklin: Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelia Cole Fairbanks: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Newton Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas B. Ward: Charles Elmer Rice, author. Aden Pim & Sons (Damascus, OH), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons