Famous people · Gregg Township
Born near Gregg Township: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Paul Musser, born in Millheim, 5 mi away, is the closest. So far, no famous person on record was born in Gregg Township. The best known of them is Jonathan Frakes, with articles in 38 languages. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Jonathan Frakes
Best known
Jonathan Frakes
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Gregg Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Gregg Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
Brittani Kline
born 1991Female fashion model from the USA
George Forsythe
1917–1972Stanford University computer scientist
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gregg 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 (11)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Forsythe: Editors of Halcyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knox Polk Hall: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Fuller: Prince, Washington, D. C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Tipton Hunter: No photographer named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Musser: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons