Dick Shrider
1923–2014American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Famous people · Thorn Township
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Thorn Township
Closest of all is Dick Shrider, from Glenford, 5 mi away. Roman Atwood is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. No famous person’s birth in Thorn Township is on record yet. 715 towns across Ohio can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Roman Atwood
Best known
Roman Atwood
in 10 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Thorn Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Thorn Township
They were born in 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Walter Leckrone
1897–1964
George Amos Dorsey
1868–1931Ethnographer of North American Indians, especially the Mandan tribe
Ada Kepley
1847–1925First American woman to graduate from law school
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Thorn 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 (8)
- Roman Atwood: Tanner Fox on YouTube, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike McCormack: The original uploader was Notmicro at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm: Collection of the U.S. House of Representative, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton: unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Morgan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Kepley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Shrider: Ohio University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Finck: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons