#1Sports
Bill Cowher
born 1957American football player, coach, and analyst
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Famous people · Crafton
4 famous people call Crafton their birthplace
With articles in 9 languages, Bill Cowher is the most widely known. John Earl Henderson, the American politician, comes second, with Paul Shannon third. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 6.7 for every 10,000 residents. The earliest on the list is Paul Shannon, born in 1909, and the youngest Bill Cowher, born in 1957.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bill Cowher
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Paul Shannon
Youngest
1957
Bill Cowher
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Crafton
Bill Cowher leads with articles in 9 languages, ahead of John Earl Henderson (7) and Paul Shannon (3).
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Paul Shannon
1909–1990Pittsburgh radio and television presenter
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Crafton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Crafton is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Crafton
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crafton 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 (5)
- Bill Cowher: Eric Draper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Earl Henderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Shannon: Bruce.Graham.TV, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Warhol: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Morse Stotz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons