Famous people · Barree Township
19 famous people were born within 35 miles of Barree Township
The best known of them is Christina Crosby, with articles in 11 languages. Closest of all is Amos Myers, from Petersburg, 8 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Barree Township. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Christina Crosby
Best known
Christina Crosby
in 11 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Barree Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Barree Township
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
William D. Port
1941–1968United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
George Forsythe
1917–1972Stanford University computer scientist
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
John Scott
1824–1896American lawyer and Republican party politician, Pennsylvania
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
William P. Maclay
1877–1943United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Joseph Rothrock
1839–1922U.S. botanist. mycologist, lichenologist & conservationist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Barree Township 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)
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Forsythe: Editors of Halcyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Conrad Porter: A. A. Heller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Scott: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Myers: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Rothrock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Scott: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Port: The original uploader was Kumioko at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Maclay: LastFullMeasure, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry C. Warfel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons