#1Lorenzo Snow
1814–1901President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Lorenzo Snow leads the list, covered in 23 languages. More than half were born in the early republic, 4 in all. Births span 1814 to 1954, from Lorenzo Snow to Dennis Chalker. Fewer than a quarter of the 734 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Lorenzo Snow has articles in 23 languages, Jack Lambert in 10 and Horace Ladd Moore in 5.
#1President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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#3Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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American businessman, part owner of the Chicago Tribune late 1800s

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Of the towns nearby, Mantua Township lists the most people: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mantua and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.