Born near Salem Township: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Kathy Krendl, from Spencerville, 4 mi away. Dudley Nichols is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. No famous person on record lists Salem Township as their birthplace yet. In all of Ohio, the famous people on record come from 737 towns.
What stands out about Salem Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Salem Township
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Mildred Wolfe
1912–2009United States artist based out of Jackson, Mississippi


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salem 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 (6)
- Rick Derringer: Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William K. Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Wilson: Ford Motor Company (Allen's radio sponsor). Ford used its advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, to distribute this publicity material., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Anthony Mooney: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert B. Gordon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons