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Famous people · Lehighton
Lehighton is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Denny Seiwell, the American musician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Close behind are Christian Hackenberg and Drue Hackenberg. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 976 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Denny Seiwell
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Jack O'Brien
Youngest
2002
Drue Hackenberg
Most common field
Music
2 people
What stands out about Lehighton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lehighton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lehighton
The three are covered in 7, 5 and 1 languages: Denny Seiwell, Christian Hackenberg and Drue Hackenberg.
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Known for
What Lehighton is known for
2 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Lehighton
A further 2 follow, born between 1903 and 1982.
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Nearby, Weissport has the most on record: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lehighton 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)
- Christian Hackenberg: Walker Kinsler, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Bugarewicz: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons