
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hostetter
The nearest, Fred Rogers, was born in Latrobe, 3 mi away. No famous person on record lists Hostetter as their birthplace yet. Across Pennsylvania, the lists cover 1,006 towns. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
What stands out about Hostetter’s famous people
Famous people born near Hostetter
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.


Jo Ann Evansgardner
1925–2010American psychologist and social activist






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hostetter 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 (8)
- Fred Rogers: Walt Seng; Distributed by PBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Palmer: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Boyer: Jane Gitschier, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- James Patterson: film screenshot (Cannon Films-MGM), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocco Mediate: Rocco_Mediate.jpg: mrnoy9n @ Flickr derivative work: Austin512, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons