Famous people · Fell Township
20 famous people were born within 35 miles of Fell Township
The best known of them is Pat Crowley, with articles in 23 languages. Joseph Bambera, born in Carbondale, 3 mi away, is the closest. Across the town line, Carbondale lists 22, Joseph Bambera first. 946 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
12 mi
Pat Crowley
Best known
Pat Crowley
in 23 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fell Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fell Township
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Terence V. Powderly
1849–1924American labor union leader, politician and attorney
Walter Tennyson Swingle
1871–1952American botanist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fell 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 (12)
- Pat Crowley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat O'Malley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Tennyson Swingle: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory (24.07.2022), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Pegula: Coalman767, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Terpak: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terence V. Powderly: USGov-DOL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Woodward: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Mills Fuller: "Wilkes-Barre Record" (Wilkes-Barre, PA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nestor Chylak: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Wilbur Palmer: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Arthur Watres: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wood Johnson I: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons