#1Music
Victor Schertzinger
1888–1941American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
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Famous people · Mahanoy Township
Most of the 16 famous people born in Mahanoy Township came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Best known of all is Victor Schertzinger, written about in 20 languages. 8 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. Only 87 of the 985 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more. From Robert Hiester Montgomery in 1872 to David Huebner in 1960, the births cover 88 years.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Victor Schertzinger
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Robert Hiester Montgomery
Youngest
1960
David Huebner
Most common field
Sports
8 people
The best known
Born in Mahanoy Township
Three names lead: Victor Schertzinger (20 languages), Joseph Edward Kurtz (16) and Jack McCloskey (12).
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#3Through the years
When Mahanoy Township’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mahanoy Township is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Of the other 13, 7 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mahanoy 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 (14)
- Victor Schertzinger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edward Kurtz: Festival of Faiths from Louisville, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack McCloskey: User:Tanyac311, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Senesky: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin C. Rhoades: Davidnegrete1981, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Huebner: U.S. federal government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivor David Fenton: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Dugan: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Hiester Montgomery: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Freebo: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Boley: Chocolate Baguer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Matthews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Northey: Bowman gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Dorsey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons