15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Spring Valley
The nearest, Erma Bombeck, was born in Bellbrook, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Brooklyn Decker, with articles in 42 languages. No famous person’s birth in Spring Valley is on record yet. Warren has the most of any town in Ohio: 54.
What stands out about Spring Valley’s famous people
Famous people born near Spring Valley
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

John Evans
1814–1897U.S. politician, physician, railroad promoter, and governor







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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spring Valley 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)
- Brooklyn Decker: Porter Hovey at http://www.porterhovey.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Grapewin: Originally published in The New York Clipper, December 22, 1900, p. 946., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Dyrdek: Michelle Vink, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chip Reese: Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Rolfe: Lars Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Miller: Ron Baker (Kingsnake), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Paxson: Portland Trail Blazers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Turner: Octagon, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons