
Born near Bonneauville: 20 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jeremiah Morrow, was born in Gettysburg, 5 mi away. Rita Mae Brown is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Bonneauville. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
What stands out about Bonneauville’s famous people
Famous people born near Bonneauville
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.



Luther Allan Weigle
1880–1976American minister and professor of religious education




Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bonneauville 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 (10)
- Rita Mae Brown: Peter Cunningham, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremiah Morrow: From a John H. Witt painting at Ohio Statehouse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Plank: Paul Thompson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph A. Goulden: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph H. Himes: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Lawrence: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bull Durham: Piedmont and Sweet Caporal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons