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Famous people · Elizabethtown

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.

#4 best knownTony MrakovichSports · born 1999
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Kenneth Brandt
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Isaac Huntzberger
Youngest
1999
Tony Mrakovich
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known

Born in Elizabethtown

Counted by languages, Kenneth Brandt is ahead of Garret Pettis and Jack B. Horner: 4, 3 and 2.

KB#1
Politics & Law

Kenneth Brandt

1938–2016

American politician

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GP#2
Sports

Garret Pettis

born 1989

American soccer player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Politics & Law

Jack B. Horner

1922–2009

American politician

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Elizabethtown’s famous people were born

The 1920s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.

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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

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

Everyone else born in Elizabethtown

A further 6 follow, born between 1873 and 1999.

Tony Mrakovich

Tony Mrakovich

born 1999

American stock car racing driver

WJ

William Frank Seiverling, Jr.

1920–1942

United States Marine

IH

Isaac Huntzberger

1873–1927

American football player and coach

JR

James Q. Reber

1911–2003

American government official

RM

Rob Mason

born 1976

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
VT

Vere Triechler

1879–1947

American football coach

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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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