
Born near Johnsonburg: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Maryanne Amacher is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Closest of all is Edward C. Meyer, from St. Marys, 9 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Johnsonburg yet. Famous people are on record for 976 of the towns in Pennsylvania.
What stands out about Johnsonburg’s famous people
Famous people born near Johnsonburg
The 12 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Joanna Shields
born 1962American businesswomen, vice president and managing director of Facebook EMEA




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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Johnsonburg 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 (5)
- Maryanne Amacher: Sascha Pohflepp, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward C. Meyer: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Sestina: Zafer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Beimel: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph B. Scarnati: Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons