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Famous people · Archbald
Archbald is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the American gridiron football player Bob Shemonski the best known. Second and third on the list are Dick Tracewski and James Joseph Walsh. Over 70 years of births, the list goes from James Joseph Walsh (1865) to Dick Tracewski (1935). For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.4, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bob Shemonski
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
James Joseph Walsh
Youngest
1935
Dick Tracewski
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Archbald
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Science & Medicine
James Joseph Walsh
1865–1942United States physician and author
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Archbald’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Archbald is known for
Share of Archbald’s famous people in each field.
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 Archbald
1 more, best known first.
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A chosen home
Also called Archbald home
Born elsewhere, John Blake lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Archbald 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 (5)
- Dick Tracewski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Joseph Walsh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Arthur Watres: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Terpak: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael J. Eagen: PaLaw570, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons