
Born near Letterkenny Township: 11 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Lil Skies, was born in Chambersburg, 8 mi away. Famous people are on record for 996 of the towns in Pennsylvania. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Letterkenny Township. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
What stands out about Letterkenny Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Letterkenny Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




William V. Mong
1875–1940Actor, screenwriter, film director



Emma Bugbee
1888–1981American sufffragist and journalist

B. Frank Heintzleman
1888–19658th Governer of Alaska, forester
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Letterkenny Township 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 (8)
- Lil Skies: Julio Enriquez from Denver,CO, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher T. Donahue: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ridgway Knight: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William V. Mong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hamilton: film screenshot (Warner Bros.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel D. Sturgis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- B. Frank Heintzleman: United States Forest Service (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Bugbee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons