Famous people · Wayne Township
8 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wayne Township
Ira J. Deen, born in Mount Union, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Christina Crosby, with articles in 11 languages. Of the towns next door, Mount Union lists Ira J. Deen. No entry yet names Wayne Township as a birthplace.
Born nearby
8
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Christina Crosby
Best known
Christina Crosby
in 11 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wayne Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wayne Township
The 8 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Joseph Rothrock
1839–1922U.S. botanist. mycologist, lichenologist & conservationist
R.W. Dromgold
1856–1918Businessperson and Los Angeles, California politician
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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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 (8)
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Rothrock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R.W. Dromgold: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Furlong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons