
Born near Leola: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Floyd Landis, from Farmersville, 3 mi away. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Leola. Jonathan Groff is the most widely known, written about in 43 languages. 977 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there.
What stands out about Leola’s famous people
Famous people born near Leola
The 13 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leola 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 (6)
- Jonathan Groff: Alan Light, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Landis: gavandanna, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Behrs: jjduncan_80, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Kinney: Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Young: Rebecca Hammel, U.S. Senate Photographic Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Smith: Portrait by Freeman Thorpe., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons