9 famous people were born in Elizabethtown from 1873 to 1999
Articles in 4 languages make the American politician Kenneth Brandt the best known. Behind the leader come Garret Pettis and Jack B. Horner. Kenneth Brandt, the best known, was born in 1938. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 7.5 for every 10,000 residents.

Born in Elizabethtown
Counted by languages, Kenneth Brandt is ahead of Garret Pettis and Jack B. Horner: 4, 3 and 2.
When Elizabethtown’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Elizabethtown is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Elizabethtown
A further 6 follow, born between 1873 and 1999.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elizabethtown 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.
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- Tony Mrakovich: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons