#1Film, TV & Stage
Jonathan Frakes
born 1952American actor and director
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Famous people · Bellefonte
Of the 36 famous people born in Bellefonte, an unusual share are writers and artists
The best known is the American actor and director Jonathan Frakes, with articles in 38 languages. Second place goes to the American writer Jeff VanderMeer, third to Glenn Thompson. The largest group, 25, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents the town has 59.9, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
36
notable people
Best known
Jonathan Frakes
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
David Petrikin
Youngest
1979
Jeremy Rose
Most common field
Politics & Law
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Bellefonte’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bellefonte is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bellefonte’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 9.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsNotableMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryFilm, TV & StageFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bellefonte
Counted by languages, Jonathan Frakes is ahead of Jeff VanderMeer and Glenn Thompson: 38, 29 and 14.
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#3Politics & Law
Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bellefonte
33 more, best known first.
John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
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Ken Whiteley
born 1954Canadian folk musician, social justice advocate and children's entertainer
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Joseph A. Smith
born 1936American artist, children's book illustrator, professor of fine arts
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Bellefonte home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Bellefonte, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bellefonte 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 (18)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Reynolds: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Irvin Gregg: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard L. Walker: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merle G. Kearns: Ohio General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Fry: unattributed United States Navy photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Corman: Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Davis Natt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ephrem Glenn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Belle Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Scanlan: Bospoli20, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Hale: Bhkdynamo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Benninghoff: Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons