Hedda Hopper
1885–1966American gossip columnist and actress
Famous people · Blair Township
Born near Blair Township: 29 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Hedda Hopper, from Hollidaysburg, 2 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Allegheny Township: 36 names, starting with Mary Cassatt. So far, no famous person on record was born in Blair Township. 973 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
2 mi
Hedda Hopper
Best known
Hedda Hopper
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Blair Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Blair Township
Nobody born in Blair Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Daniel Hale Williams
1856–1931African American cardiologist who performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the world
Robert Gibson
1869–1949American judge and baseball player
Ronald Mallett
born 1945American theoretical physicist
Charlie Crist
born 1956United States Representative from 2017 to 2022
Michael Behe
born 1952American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Allegheny Township has the most people on record, 36 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Blair 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)
- Hedda Hopper: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Crist: United States House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Behe: Campus Photo • Bryan Matluk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Blair: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Winter: Dxede5x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Beam Piper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Mallett: D-Kuru, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Hale Williams: Yale Rosen from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Emmert Brumbaugh: "Reception in Jaffa Temple for Potentate". "Somerset Daily American" (Somerset, PA). April 21, 1952. Page 5., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob C. Higgins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gibson: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmer Lower Stultz: Leslie Ronald Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vaughn O. Lang: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Cassatt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons