#1Famous people · Cheltenham Township
The 7 famous people born in Cheltenham Township, led by Randy Brecker
The best known is the American flugelhorn and trumpet player Randy Brecker, with articles in 22 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. The oldest name on the list belongs to Stan Yerkes, born in 1874, the newest to Paul Ramsey, born in 1966. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 1.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Randy Brecker
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Stan Yerkes
Youngest
1966
Paul Ramsey
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Cheltenham Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cheltenham Township’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cheltenham Township
Ranked by languages covered: Randy Brecker with 22, then Pat Meehan with 10 and Rand Miller with 10.
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#2Politics & Law
Pat Meehan
born 1955Former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
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#3Known for
What Cheltenham Township is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Cheltenham Township
Still to come: 4 more, from 1874 to 1966.
JoAnne A. Epps
1951–2023American legal scholar and Temple University’s Acting President
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cheltenham Township 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 (8)
- Randy Brecker: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Meehan: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rand Miller: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Fox: anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noam Chomsky: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Dean: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Su: Jennifersu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Ottinger: Charles Roscoe Savage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons