Famous people · Dickinson Township
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Dickinson Township
Frances R. Jones, born in Mount Holly Springs, 4 mi away, is the closest. No famous person’s birth in Dickinson Township is on record yet. The best known of them is Deborah L. Birx, with articles in 26 languages. Famous people are on record for 974 of the towns in Pennsylvania.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Deborah L. Birx
Best known
Deborah L. Birx
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Dickinson Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Dickinson Township
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rachel Wall
1760–1789American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
David S. Kaufman
1813–1851U.S. Representative from Texas
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dickinson 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)
- Deborah L. Birx: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Armstrong Jr.: By Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) after John Vanderlyn (1775–1852), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bigler: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Owens: Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Wall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wilkins: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David S. Kaufman: Dudley Goodall Wooten, author. The Texas History Company (Dallas, TX), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Woodburn Skiles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons