Famous people · Pease Township
Born near Pease Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
John Havlicek, born in Martins Ferry, 2 mi away, is the closest. Of the bordering towns, Wheeling has the longest list: 46, with John Corbett at the top. No entry yet names Pease Township as a birthplace. Across Ohio, 711 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
2 mi
John Havlicek
Best known
John Havlicek
in 43 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pease Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pease Township
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Dean Howells
1837–1920American author, critic, and playwright
John Corbett
born 1961American actor and country music singer
Walter Reuther
1907–1970Labor union leader and progressive activist
John O'Malley
1927–2022American Jesuit priest and professor of theology
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Wheeling counts 46 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pease 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.
Photo credits (18)
- John Havlicek: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Corbett: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Garrison: Columbia Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Levine: Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Dean Howells: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Cox: Koongo940, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Reuther: Detroit Free Press Archives & Wayne State University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Groza: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Fox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester Carney: Mario De Biassi/Angelo Cozzi (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Niekro: Chris Evans from same, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Clark: Film screenshot (American International Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Ford Sinclair: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Malley: Dermot Roantree, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Stanton: Julian Vannerson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Henry Sharp: Peter A. Juley & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Negus: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons