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Main east of Clay, GettysburgPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
Famous people · Gettysburg

Famous people from Gettysburg

So far, no famous person on record was born in Gettysburg. Across Ohio, 705 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Ohio belongs to Warren, with 54. After Warren, the next longest list in Ohio is Hamilton’s, with 51.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Gettysburg), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Gettysburg has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Gettysburg

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gettysburg 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.