Famous people · Brown Township
Born near Brown Township: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Chris Bahr is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Closest of all is Dave Bradley, from Burnham, 5 mi away. No famous person on record lists Brown Township as their birthplace yet. Across Pennsylvania, the lists cover 981 towns.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Chris Bahr
Best known
Chris Bahr
in 10 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Brown Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Brown Township
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Joseph Rothrock
1839–1922U.S. botanist. mycologist, lichenologist & conservationist
George Forsythe
1917–1972Stanford University computer scientist
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brown 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 (7)
- George Forsythe: Editors of Halcyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ross McCoy: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George L. Fox: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph M. Belford: Walter Neale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Rothrock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Baker: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Fogleman: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons