Famous people · Beaver Township
28 famous people were born within 35 miles of Beaver Township
William H. Woodin, born in Berwick, 7 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Haldan Keffer Hartline, with articles in 51 languages. No famous person’s birth in Beaver Township is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Haldan Keffer Hartline
Best known
Haldan Keffer Hartline
in 51 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Beaver Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Beaver Township
The 28 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Richard Sharpe Shaver
1907–1975American writer and conspiracy theorist
Ruth Williams
1926–2005All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Haldan Keffer Hartline
1903–1983American neuroscientist
Pamela Ribon
born 1975American screenwriter, author and actress
Jimmy Dorsey
1904–1957American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
Walter Ciszek
1904–1984Polish-American Jesuit priest and missionary
Sidney Miller
1916–2004American actor, director and songwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beaver 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 (15)
- Haldan Keffer Hartline: Bell Telephone Company Uploaded by Simtropolitan at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Krysten Ritter: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Dorsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dorsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Woodin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darryl Ponicsan: Joe Mabel, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Miller: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Eugene Lutz: Dwhitten009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Canzler: Erik Drost on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Ribon: Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren P. Noble: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Litwhiler: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter F. Rothermel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Charles Wilson: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Bruce Ricketts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons