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Famous people · Carbondale
Leaders stand out among the 22 famous people born in Carbondale
Articles in 10 languages make the Catholic bishop Joseph Bambera the best known. Behind the leader come Terry Pegula and Terence V. Powderly. For every 10,000 residents the town has 25, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. Between 1920 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Joseph Bambera
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin
Youngest
1965
Julia K. Munley
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
What stands out about Carbondale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Carbondale is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Carbondale
The three are covered in 10, 8 and 7 languages: Joseph Bambera, Terry Pegula and Terence V. Powderly.
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#3Politics & Law
Terence V. Powderly
1849–1924American labor union leader, politician and attorney
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Through the years
When Carbondale’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1840s, at 4.
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Everyone else born in Carbondale
A further 19 follow, born between 1835 and 1965.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carbondale 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 (11)
- Terry Pegula: Coalman767, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terence V. Powderly: USGov-DOL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wood Johnson I: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome F. O'Malley: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin: Alfred Mathews, author. R. T Peck & Company (Philadelphia), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fannie Ruth Robinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Gillespie: Chas. Gross & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wodrow Archbald: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Wade: Ed_Wade_2008.jpg: Brian Slattery derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia K. Munley: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justus Goebel: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons