Famous people · West Canton
Close to home: 17 famous people born near West Canton
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in West Canton yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Thomas Wolfe
Best known
Thomas Wolfe
in 59 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near West Canton
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in West Canton yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering West Canton.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Canton, 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 aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Thomas Wolfe: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Noland: Othell O. Owensby Jr. (Staff photographer of the newspaper), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bellamy Young: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Searcy: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl Anderson: ゾーヒョー, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Bingham: Alba Rincón, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Fettes: Alexandre ANDRÉ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons