
Born near Continental Courts: 14 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jonathan Frakes, was born in Bellefonte, 6 mi away. No famous person on record lists Continental Courts as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78. Altoona has the second-longest list in Pennsylvania, after Bethlehem, with 69.
What stands out about Continental Courts’ famous people
Famous people born near Continental Courts
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania



John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
Benjamin Franklin Keller
1857–1921United States federal judge

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Continental Courts 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 (7)
- 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
- Henry Adams Thompson: Henry Garst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons