Photo: Randolph Carney · CC BY-SA 3.0Lancaster Township has no famous person on record yet
985 of the towns in Pennsylvania list at least one person. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names. Altoona has the second-longest list in Pennsylvania, after Bethlehem, with 69. The best known born in Lancaster is Jonathan Groff.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Lancaster Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Lancaster Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Lancaster Township
The most names next door are in Lancaster: 46.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lancaster Township 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 (2)
- Jonathan Groff: Alan Light, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wally Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons