#1Famous people · Masontown
3 famous people call Masontown their birthplace
Most widely known is Bruce Foster Sterling, the American politician, with articles in 6 languages. Frank Llewellyn Bowman and Mike Nixon follow. From Bruce Foster Sterling in 1870 to Mike Nixon in 1911, the births cover 41 years. Of the bordering towns, German Township has a list, with William E. Crow.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Bruce Foster Sterling
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Bruce Foster Sterling
Youngest
1911
Mike Nixon
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Masontown
Bruce Foster Sterling has articles in 6 languages, Frank Llewellyn Bowman in 4 and Mike Nixon in 3.
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What Masontown is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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The most names next door are in German Township: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Masontown 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 (3)
- Bruce Foster Sterling: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman: Underwood and Underwood (Washington, DC), photographers. Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Crow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons