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William and Margaret Mecum House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Pennsville Township
Pennsville Township is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the comedian Ritch Shydner the best known. The American football player Gene Foster ranks second, ahead of Mike Widger. The nearest list is next door in Wilmington: 42 names, starting with Elisabeth Shue. The list runs from Gene Foster, born in 1942, to Ritch Shydner, born in 1952.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Ritch Shydner
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
Gene Foster
Youngest
1952
Ritch Shydner
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pennsville Township
Counted by languages, Ritch Shydner is ahead of Gene Foster and Mike Widger: 6, 3 and 1.
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Known for
What Pennsville Township is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Wilmington, with 42.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pennsville Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Johnny Gaudreau: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Bailey: New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hires: Lewis Publishing Company (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons