
Born near Roseland: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Luke Perry, from Mansfield, 2 mi away. No famous person on record lists Roseland as their birthplace yet. Next door, the list for Mansfield holds 43, Luke Perry first. The Ohio lists hold names for 718 towns.
What stands out about Roseland’s famous people
Famous people born near Roseland
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Louis Bromfield
1896–1956American author and conservationist


Michael L. Gernhardt
born 1956NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory



Royal D. Suttkus
1920–2009Ichthyologist, founder of a fish collection
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Mansfield’s, with 43.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roseland 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 (8)
- Luke Perry: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherrod Brown: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Bromfield: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Mainzer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael L. Gernhardt: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Simon: TV episode screenshot (Syndication), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Fenton: Standard Casting Directory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Kurtzman: Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
