Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Famous people · Heidelberg Township
21 famous people were born within 35 miles of Heidelberg Township
The nearest, Rita Mae Brown, was born in Hanover, 4 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Heidelberg Township. Famous people are on record for 1,012 of the towns in Pennsylvania. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Rita Mae Brown
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Heidelberg Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Heidelberg Township
The 21 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Isaac Newton Lewis
1858–1931American soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun
Randy Edsall
born 1958American college football player, college football coach
James Alonzo Stahle
1829–1912Union Army officer and American politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Heidelberg 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 (13)
- Rita Mae Brown: Peter Cunningham, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Newton Lewis: Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901; Dick, Charles, 1858-; Homans, James Edward, 1865-, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Heathcote: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph H. Himes: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Lawrence: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edgar Woodward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Edsall: Mr.schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bull Durham: Piedmont and Sweet Caporal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Alonzo Stahle: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ebenezer F. Porter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons