Famous people · Richland Township
Born near Richland Township: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Mike Carey, from Sabina, 1 mi away. Norman Vincent Peale is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Richland Township. 736 towns in Ohio have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Norman Vincent Peale
Best known
Norman Vincent Peale
in 40 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Richland Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Richland Township
The 16 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Don DeVoe
born 1941American college basketball player, college basketball coach
Norman Vincent Peale
1898–1993American writer and minister
Margaret Peterson Haddix
born 1964American author
Travis Shaw
born 1990American professional baseball player
H. L. Matthews
1889–1975College boxing, baseball, and track coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richland 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 (7)
- Norman Vincent Peale: Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Bradds: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Agler: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Carey: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Shaw: Eric Kilby on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred G. Allen: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons