#1Politics & Law
Orrin Hatch
1934–2022American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate
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Famous people · Homestead
28 famous people come from Homestead, Orrin Hatch the best known
Orrin Hatch leads the list, covered in 41 languages. The largest group, 14, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 113 years of births, the list goes from William Reginald Armour (1869) to Ed Piskor (1982). Only 40 of the 984 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Orrin Hatch
in 41 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
William Reginald Armour
Youngest
1982
Ed Piskor
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Homestead’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Homestead
Languages with an article: 41 for Orrin Hatch, 16 for Frank McHugh, 14 for Maxine Sullivan.
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#3Through the years
When Homestead’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 8.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Homestead is known for
Homestead has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Homestead
Another 25, the earliest born in 1869.
Paul Zastupnevich
1921–1997American costume designer, fashion designer, actor and assistant to movie producer
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Margaret Mary Vojtko
1930–2013American linguist, educator, polyglot, and labor unionist
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A chosen home
Also called Homestead home
One more notable person made the town home: Michael Stroka.
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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Homestead 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 (11)
- Orrin Hatch: United States Senate Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank McHugh: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxine Sullivan: CBS Radio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Butch Leitzinger: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Birch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cumberland Posey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Laird: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Reginald Armour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Warhol: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Ridge: Department of Homeland Security, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Goldblum: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons