Photo: User:Joebengo · Public domainUnion has yet to put a famous person on the list
Dayton’s list, next door, has 36 names, Jonathan Winters first among them. 705 towns across Ohio can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Ohio belongs to Warren, with 54. After Warren, the next longest list in Ohio is Hamilton’s, with 51.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Union), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Union has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Union
Dayton has the longest list next door: 36.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Union and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- Jonathan Winters: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Schul: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Haines: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hamilton: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons