Famous people · Wayne
Close to home: 16 famous people born near Wayne
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Wayne yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Clancy Brown
Best known
Clancy Brown
in 45 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Wayne
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Wayne yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Robert L. Eichelberger
1886–1961United States Army general commanding the US Eighth Army during World War II
John William Robinson
1831–192011 Jan 1831 Milford Center, Ohio - 1919
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wayne, 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)
- Clancy Brown: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. Eichelberger: 1st Lieutenant Gordon A. Stevens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Saxbe: White House Photo Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brand Whitlock: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Quincy Adams Ward: Wilhelm, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles T. Hinde: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. H. L. Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norton P. Chipman: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons