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Hookstown is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Bill Laughlin, the American basketball player, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American Presbyterian minister Robert Franklin Bunting. Bill Laughlin, born in 1915, is the youngest, and Robert Franklin Bunting, born in 1828, the first on record. Across Pennsylvania, 937 towns list someone born there.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bill Laughlin
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Robert Franklin Bunting
Youngest
1915
Bill Laughlin
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Hookstown
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Known for
What Hookstown is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hookstown 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.