Famous people · College Township
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of College Township
Jonathan Frakes is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. Closest of all is Chris Bahr, from State College, 3 mi away. Of the towns next door, State College lists the most: 18, with Chris Bahr first. No famous person on record lists College Township as their birthplace yet.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Jonathan Frakes
Best known
Jonathan Frakes
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about College Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near College Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Forsythe
1917–1972Stanford University computer scientist
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is College 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 (8)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Forsythe: Editors of Halcyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knox Polk Hall: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons