Ashton-Hursh House · Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Lower Allen Township has made the famous people list yet
The nearest list is next door in Mechanicsburg: 19 names, starting with Rikki Rockett. 976 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record. No town in Pennsylvania lists more than Bethlehem, with 78. Altoona has the second-longest list in Pennsylvania, after Bethlehem, with 69.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Lower Allen Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Lower Allen Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Lower Allen Township
Mechanicsburg has the longest list next door: 19.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lower Allen Township 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)
- Rikki Rockett: PHOTO BY MATT BECKER www.melodicrockconcerts.com [email protected], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danielle Fotopoulos: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

