#1Famous people · Bensalem Township
Bensalem Township’s famous people span 182 years: 5 births from 1803 to 1985
The best known is the American ice hockey player Ryan Gunderson, with articles in 11 languages. Behind the leader come Gene DiGirolamo and Ray DiLauro. More than half were born since 1970, 3 in all. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 0.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ryan Gunderson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1803
Isaiah Vansant Williamson
Youngest
1985
Ryan Gunderson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Bensalem Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bensalem Township’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bensalem Township
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Bensalem Township is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 times as common.
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 Bensalem Township
A further 2 follow, born between 1803 and 1982.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bensalem Township home
Born elsewhere, Tommy Tomlinson lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bensalem 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 (10)
- Ryan Gunderson: Anders H Foto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray DiLauro: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaiah Vansant Williamson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Tomlinson: Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noam Chomsky: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Grace Merritt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Bunge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward G. Biester, Jr.: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Hayhurst: Frederick Gutekunst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donn Pearce: John Cusatis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons