Famous people · Johnstown
Born near Johnstown: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Rachel Crow, from Mead, 7 mi away. The best known of them is Kristen Schaal, with articles in 42 languages. Among those who made it their home is Philip K. Dick. So far, no famous person on record was born in Johnstown.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Kristen Schaal
Best known
Kristen Schaal
in 42 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Johnstown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Johnstown
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jean Bethke Elshtain
1941–2013American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual
Byron White
1917–2002Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player
A chosen home
Also called Johnstown home
Born elsewhere, Philip K. Dick lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Johnstown.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Johnstown 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 (14)
- Philip K. Dick: Arthur Knight (photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Schaal: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Lloyd: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vance D. Brand: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Reynor: Chris Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Heder: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Smith: Jasonsmithsixers.JPG: The original uploader was Pmandawg88 at English Wikipedia. derivative work: Pacoperez6, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Wilson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Allard: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Carwin: The Doppelganger on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Crow: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Carron: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons