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Famous people · Danville
Most of the 28 famous people born in Danville came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Amos Arthur Heller, the American botanist, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Behind the leader come Peter Markle and Henry Lawrence. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 66.4 for every 10,000 residents. Over 151 years of births, the list goes from Lemuel Amerman (1846) to J. J. Bleday (1997).
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Amos Arthur Heller
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Lemuel Amerman
Youngest
1997
J. J. Bleday
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Danville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Danville’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 7 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitaryNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Danville
Amos Arthur Heller leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Peter Markle (10) and Henry Lawrence (6).
#2Film, TV & Stage
Peter Markle
born 1952Film director, television director, screenwriter
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Danville is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 11 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Danville
Still to come: 25 more, from 1846 to 1997.
David Reigle
born 1952Author and an independent scholar of Sanskrit scriptures of India and their Tibetan translation
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
John W. Hennessey Jr.
1925–2018Third Century Professor Emeritus at the Tuck Business School
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Danville 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 (6)
- Peter Markle: Ion Mihăică, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. J. Bleday: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Robert Kehler: U. S. Stratcom, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Balog: Greenland2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel Amerman: C.M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Casanova: K9casanova by Marty Vain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons