#1Famous people · Coatesville
Athletes stand out among the 29 famous people born in Coatesville
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Richard Hamilton, covered in 35 languages. 10 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list is still growing: 8 were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 981 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Richard Hamilton
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
Joshua Bowen Smith
Youngest
1995
Zack Steffen
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Coatesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Coatesville is known for
Coatesville has 1.7× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Coatesville’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Coatesville
The three are covered in 35, 29 and 28 languages: Richard Hamilton, Johnny Weir and Zack Steffen.
#1
#2Sports
Johnny Weir
born 1984American figure skater and television commentator
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Coatesville
Here are 26 more, born from 1813 to 1988.
John Parke
1827–1900Union Army general, surveyor, and United States Military Academy superintendent
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A chosen home
Also called Coatesville home
Born elsewhere, Mary Alice Dorrance Malone lived here.
Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
1950–2025American billionaire and heiress to the Campbell Soup Company fortune
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coatesville 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 (14)
- Richard Hamilton: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Weir: deerstop., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Steffen: Jamie Smed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Keech: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Richardson: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Grove: Marc Morrison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Parke: Topshelver, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore R. Cogswell: unidentified / Greenleaf Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Allen: Miesmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrel Lewis: David Eldur from Reykjavík, Iceland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vince Belnome: SD Dirk/Dirk Hansen on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Bowen Smith: Massachusetts House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doc Amole: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons