#1Science & Medicine
Haldan Keffer Hartline
1903–1983American neuroscientist
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Famous people · Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg counts 25 famous people, first among them Haldan Keffer Hartline
Most widely known is Haldan Keffer Hartline, the American neuroscientist, with articles in 51 languages. 5 were born in 1970 or later. The largest group, 9, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,006 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Haldan Keffer Hartline
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Robert H. Sayre
Youngest
1993
Eric Semborski
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Bloomsburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bloomsburg
Counted by languages, Haldan Keffer Hartline is ahead of Krysten Ritter and Emile Santiago: 51, 47 and 9.
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Through the years
When Bloomsburg’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 4.
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What Bloomsburg is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 8 people.
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Everyone else born in Bloomsburg
Another 22, 8 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bloomsburg 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 (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
- Frank Eugene Lutz: Dwhitten009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Ribon: Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hummel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott: Office of the House Historian, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Risch: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis C. Wolff: Hamilton9117, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Fiedler: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Davis: Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Hartzell: Minnesota Twins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert H. Sayre: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Trump: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abe McNatt, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Mears: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Leidy: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons