#1Famous people · Jessup
5 famous people call Jessup their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American politician Louis Arthur Watres the best known. Close behind are Dan Costello and Ben Cardoni. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 3 of them. For every 10,000 residents the town has 11.1, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Louis Arthur Watres
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1851
Louis Arthur Watres
Youngest
1920
Ben Cardoni
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Jessup
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Jessup’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1850s, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jessup is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Jessup
2 more, from 1888 to 1901.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jessup 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 (4)
- Louis Arthur Watres: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Costello: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Lally: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Crowley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons