Famous people · Catharine Township
Born near Catharine Township: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Charles M. Schwab, born in Williamsburg, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Hedda Hopper, with articles in 44 languages. Of the bordering towns, Williamsburg has the longest list: 6, with Charles M. Schwab at the top. No entry yet names Catharine Township as a birthplace.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Hedda Hopper
Best known
Hedda Hopper
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Catharine Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Catharine Township
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Scott
1824–1896American lawyer and Republican party politician, Pennsylvania
William P. Maclay
1877–1943United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Charlie Crist
born 1956United States Representative from 2017 to 2022
Michael Behe
born 1952American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
Hedda Hopper
1885–1966American gossip columnist and actress
Daniel Hale Williams
1856–1931African American cardiologist who performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the world
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Of the towns around it, Williamsburg has the most on record: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Catharine 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 (21)
- Hedda Hopper: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Crist: United States House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Behe: Campus Photo • Bryan Matluk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janet Blair: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Winter: Dxede5x, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Beam Piper: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Conrad Porter: A. A. Heller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Hale Williams: Yale Rosen from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Scott: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Myers: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Bower: Amst94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob C. Higgins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmer Lower Stultz: Leslie Ronald Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Scott: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Maclay: LastFullMeasure, CC0, Wikimedia Commons