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Famous people · Lansford
Most of the 9 famous people born in Lansford came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Benjamin Bloom, the American psychologist, is the most widely known, written about in 32 languages. Behind the leader come Richard Marcinko and George Hill. Born in 1853, John Leisenring is the first name on record, and Richard Marcinko, born in 1940, the most recent. Only 140 of the 984 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Benjamin Bloom
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
John Leisenring
Youngest
1940
Richard Marcinko
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Lansford
The three are covered in 32, 18 and 5 languages: Benjamin Bloom, Richard Marcinko and George Hill.
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#3Through the years
When Lansford’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lansford is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lansford
Of the other 6, 3 are athletes.
Thomas Kennedy
1887–1963American miner; president of the United Mine Workers of America
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John R. Chuckran
1926–1991American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lansford 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 (5)
- Richard Marcinko: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Kennedy: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Leisenring: "The Times" (Philadelphia, PA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Montgomery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons