Hedda Hopper
1885–1966American gossip columnist and actress
Famous people · Clappertown
Born near Clappertown: 13 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Hedda Hopper, was born in Hollidaysburg, 6 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Clappertown. Across Pennsylvania, the lists cover 1,005 towns. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Hedda Hopper
Best known
Hedda Hopper
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Clappertown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Clappertown
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Daniel Hale Williams
1856–1931African American cardiologist who performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the world
John Dean
1835–1905American district attorney and later Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clappertown 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 (8)
- Hedda Hopper: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Hale Williams: Yale Rosen from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Emmert Brumbaugh: "Reception in Jaffa Temple for Potentate". "Somerset Daily American" (Somerset, PA). April 21, 1952. Page 5., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob C. Higgins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmer Lower Stultz: Leslie Ronald Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vaughn O. Lang: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dean: Wiley, Samuel T. and W. Scott Garner. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania, pp. 156-157. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois: Gresham Publishing Company, 1892 (public domain, courtesy of…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons