#1Famous people · Wellston
6 famous people come from Wellston, Fred Olen Ray the best known
At the top of the list is the American filmmaker Fred Olen Ray, covered in 17 languages. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. Only 156 of the 705 towns in Ohio with anyone on record list more. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 11 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Fred Olen Ray
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
Watt Hobt
Youngest
1962
Jeff Montgomery
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Wellston
Fred Olen Ray has articles in 17 languages, Jeff Montgomery in 5 and Pete Abele in 5.
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#3Through the years
When Wellston’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wellston is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wellston
The other 3 span the years 1893 to 1909.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wellston home
One more notable person made the town home: John A. Carey Jr..
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellston 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 (6)
- Fred Olen Ray: Retromedia TV; filmed by Gary Graver and Jillian Kesner, produced by Fred Olen Ray, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Montgomery: elisfkc from Orlando, FL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Abele: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Sylvester Hogan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sylvester: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Carey Jr.: Ohio General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons