Famous people · Galeton
Born near Galeton: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Kathryn Crawford, born in Wellsboro, 18 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Riki Lindhome, with articles in 30 languages. No entry yet names Galeton as a birthplace. 976 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Riki Lindhome
Best known
Riki Lindhome
in 30 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Galeton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Galeton
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William A. Stone
1846–1920American politician, Pennsylvania
Ed Schieffelin
1847–1897Prospector who discovered the Tombstone mining district
William A. Shear
born 1942American arachnologist and myriapodologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Galeton 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)
- Charles Meredith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Crawford: Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Stone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Schieffelin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kinney: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Billings Packer: John W. Jordan, author. Lewis Historical Publishing Company (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sobieski Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons