Famous people · Franklintown
Born near Franklintown: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Matthew Quay, from Dillsburg, 2 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Franklintown is on record yet. Deborah L. Birx is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. Famous people are on record for 996 of the towns in Pennsylvania.
Born nearby
20
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Deborah L. Birx
Best known
Deborah L. Birx
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Franklintown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Franklintown
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Cody Eppley
born 1985Major League Baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization
Charles Elmer Resser
1889–1943American paleontologist
Deborah L. Birx
born 1956American physician and diplomat
Rachel Wall
1760–1789American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklintown 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 (13)
- 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
- Matthew Quay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rikki Rockett: PHOTO BY MATT BECKER www.melodicrockconcerts.com [email protected], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Gillis: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Howard: Ronalfy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Warshaw: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Eppley: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny DiPrima: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons