#1Film, TV & Stage
Fred Rogers
1928–2003American television personality
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Famous people · Latrobe
Fred Rogers tops a list of 24 famous people born in Latrobe
Articles in 75 languages make the American television personality Fred Rogers the best known. Second place goes to the American golfer Arnold Palmer, third to Francis J. Harvey. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 16 of them. Only 49 of the 957 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Fred Rogers
in 75 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
Leo Michael Haid
Youngest
1995
Frannie Crouse
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Latrobe’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Latrobe
Ranked by languages covered: Fred Rogers with 75, then Arnold Palmer with 46 and Francis J. Harvey with 8.
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#3Notable
Francis J. Harvey
born 1943Former secretary of the United States Army
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Through the years
When Latrobe’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 8.
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Known for
What Latrobe is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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 Latrobe
21 more, best known first.
Susan Paradise Baxter
born 1956United States federal judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Latrobe 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 (7)
- Fred Rogers: Walt Seng; Distributed by PBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Palmer: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis J. Harvey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Lightcap: Bklynbass, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Kennedy Smith: 47thPennVols, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Michael Haid: Regimus LaFort is listed as the Censor Librorum, and Cardinal John Farley is listed as the Imprimatur., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Paradise Baxter: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons