#1Famous people · Greensburg
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 58 famous people born in Greensburg
Most widely known is Bruce Weber, the American photographer, with articles in 19 languages. 21 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 39.3, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. The list is still growing: 5 were born since 1970.
Born here
58
notable people
Best known
Bruce Weber
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
William Jack
Youngest
1996
Bridget Williams
Most common field
Politics & Law
20 people
What stands out about Greensburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Greensburg is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 3.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Greensburg
By how many languages cover them, Bruce Weber comes first (19), then Sheila Kelley (18) and Vic Mignogna (17).
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#3Through the years
When Greensburg’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Greensburg
Here are 55 more, born from 1788 to 1996.
Colleen Rosensteel
born 1967American martial artist, judoka, Pan American games bronze medalist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Billy Suter
1874–1946American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, newspaper publisher
SportsWikipedia ↗
Richard C. Drum
1825–1909American military officer (1825–1909); Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1880 to 1889
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Karl Core
1875–1929SportsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greensburg 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.
Photo credits (31)
- Bruce Weber: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Mignogna: Jonathan Morissette, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Vaccaro: Leannestaples, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocco Mediate: Rocco_Mediate.jpg: mrnoy9n @ Flickr derivative work: Austin512, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bridget Williams: Habst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. Johnston: England & Gunn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chalmers Goodlin: Mysteries of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J.A. Steel: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Clarke: Wiki52601, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Williams: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles L. Carpenter: Jrcrin001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel John Snyder, Jr.: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob D. Leighty: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Turney: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Zimmerman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam Van Waters: Studio Deluxe; retouched by User:Finetooth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Coulter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Jackson: madmiked on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Suter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Faber: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Heron Foster: Percy F Smith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Root Grant: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dickey: Joseph H. Bausman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Henry Kuhns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kassel: Scott Slingsby for inGoal Magazine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rabe Ferguson Marsh, Jr.: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard C. Drum: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Coulter, Jr.: War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander J. Irwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin A. Zundel: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Palmer Smith Jr.: Tessieh01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons