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Photo: Vasiliymeshko · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Luzerne
Luzerne is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the basketball player Chink Crossin, with articles in 6 languages. The American baseball player Mickey Witek ranks second, ahead of Rocky Castellani. The list runs from Mickey Witek, born in 1915, to Rocky Castellani, born in 1926. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 11 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Chink Crossin
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Mickey Witek
Youngest
1926
Rocky Castellani
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Luzerne
Languages with an article: 6 for Chink Crossin, 3 for Mickey Witek, 3 for Rocky Castellani.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Luzerne 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.