30 famous people were born within 35 miles of Bullskin Township
Closest of all is Ira S. Webb, from Scottdale, 4 mi away. Edwin Stanton Porter is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. Next door, Mount Pleasant Township lists one, Daniel Sturgeon. No famous person on record lists Bullskin Township as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about Bullskin Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Bullskin Township
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.











William A. Clark
1839–1925American mining magnate and politician


Tamora Pierce
born 1954American writer of fantasy novels for children and adults




Hannah Jane Patterson
1879–1937American suffragist and defense official in World War I
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Famous people from the towns next door
One town around it has anyone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bullskin 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 (18)
- Edwin Stanton Porter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Woodruff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Clark: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamora Pierce: Elizabeth Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Blanda: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Arthur: Goodwill Productions (as Tuxedo Comedies) / Educational Film Exchanges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Lujack: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Grimm: Russ_Grimm_2006.jpg: SteelCityHobbies derivative work: Crazypaco, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Sturgeon: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Robert Nowicki: Jcs7708, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Clinton Kline: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Rollins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. Milton Musser: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Shadrack Shallenberger: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hannah Jane Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. Cochrane: The original uploader was Weatherman90 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cox Hupp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Lincoln Keister: Fenwick Y. Hedley, author. American Historical Society (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

