Famous - and Rooted in Green

Click below to learn about our famous (and infamous) individuals that were born, raised, or otherwise tied to the history of Green Township.

Buzz Fazio - bowling legend, founder of the PBA

Savilla Kring Poling - the first licensed female Evangelist

Clark Vandersall Poling - one of the 'Four Chaplains' that perished in the sinking of the Dorchester during World War II

Lewis Miller - one of America's greatest inventors and industrialists

John R. Buchtel - founder of Buchtel College, which became the University of Akron

George W. Crouse -  businessman, U.S. Representative, and Civil War Veteran