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Famous people · Dayton

Born near Dayton: 22 famous people within 35 miles

The nearest, Everett C. Olson, was born in Waupaca, 7 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Dayton is on record yet. Henry Solomon Wellcome is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. In Wisconsin, 681 towns have someone on the list.

#3 best knownTyler BiadaszSports · born 1997
+18more
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Henry Solomon Wellcome
Best known
Henry Solomon Wellcome
in 14 Wikipedia languages

What stands out about Dayton’s famous people

Close to homeEvery name here comes from a town within 35 miles, 22 in all.
★ What stands out · Close to home

Famous people born near Dayton

They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

10 mi20 mi35 miWaupaca · 6Amherst · 6Wild Rose · 3Almond · 1Wautoma · 1Dayton
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dayton 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 (9)
  • Tyler Biadasz: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Edward E. Browne: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Lyman E. Barnes: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Benjamin P. Birdsall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • George de Rue Meiklejohn: Sigma Chi Fraternity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Reid Fred Murray: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • George B. Nelson: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Olin B. Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Scott Blader: Sean LaFianza, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, USDOJ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons