
Born near Center Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Angel Piccirillo, born in Homer City, 1 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is James Stewart, with articles in 96 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Center Township. The Pennsylvania lists hold names for 1,012 towns.
What stands out about Center Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Center Township
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.













Charles Howard McIlwain
1871–1968American constitutional historian
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Center 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 (13)
- James Stewart: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Abbey: Photo by Woody Hilbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Renée Fleming: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Robertson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Sonni: Zoran Veselinovic, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul McCandless: Svíčková, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Howard McIlwain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Cunningham: Harold Dick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ambrose Watterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave L. Reed: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angel Piccirillo: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Sylvis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vicki Iseman: Red Carlisle, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons