
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wayne Township
Norman Vincent Peale is the most widely known, written about in 40 languages. Closest of all is Mike Carey, from Sabina, 5 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Wayne Township is on record yet. The Ohio lists hold names for 707 towns.
What stands out about Wayne Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Wayne Township
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Don DeVoe
born 1941American college basketball player, college basketball coach


Norman Vincent Peale
1898–1993American writer and minister


Margaret Peterson Haddix
born 1964American author


Travis Shaw
born 1990American professional baseball player
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wayne 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 (7)
- Norman Vincent Peale: Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bush: film screenshot (RKO Radio Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Agler: SusanLesch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Hull: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Carey: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Shaw: Eric Kilby on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons