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History · Ontario

Close to home

Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Ontario yet, but 19 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia. Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those Wikidata lists as born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.

Photo credits (8)
  • Marc Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Herbert Eugene Bolton: California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • John J. Esch: G. V. Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Charles R. Savage: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Dexter Bean: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Leif Erickson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Ludvig Hektoen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Byron D. Shear: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
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