#1Famous people · Abington Township
56 famous people were born in Abington Township, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American actor Matthew Fox, with articles in 60 languages. The American actor and fashion model Mike Vogel ranks second, ahead of Matthew Lawrence. 40 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 9.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
56
notable people
Best known
Matthew Fox
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Frederick V. McNair
Youngest
1988
Alexandra Mueller
Most common field
Sports
26 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Abington Township’s famous people
Still making names38 were born since 1950, the youngest in 1988.Known worldwideMatthew Fox is written about in 60 languages.A town of performersAmong the 56 people born here, 8 are performers: 1.5 times the usual share.56 notable peopleMore than most towns: 56 notable people were born in Abington Township.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Abington Township’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 15.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Abington Township
All three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Mike Vogel
born 1979American actor and fashion model
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#3Known for
What Abington Township is known for
Abington Township has 1.5× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Abington Township
Another 53, 26 of them athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Abington Township home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Katalin Karikó the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Philadelphia’s, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Abington 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 (27)
- Matthew Fox: anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Vogel: Pvt. Carlynn Knaak, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Lawrence: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Jackson: Cbl62, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John-David F. Bartoe: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Lawrence: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Richter: USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Lynch: Conny Liegl, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Holbert: Martin Lee from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Feeney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Robert Showalter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandra Mueller: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Kolarik: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon D. Fox: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000332, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Castor: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- ZZ Ward: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Polly Apfelbaum: Haemmerli, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Brumbaugh: Drbind, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn B. McHugh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick V. McNair: C M Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Murt: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katalin Karikó: US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Shapiro: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noam Chomsky: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Dean: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Brecker: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Su: Jennifersu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons