#1Famous people · McSherrystown
4 famous people were born in McSherrystown from 1875 to 1987
The best known is the American professional baseball pitcher Casey Lawrence, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Carroll Yerkes, third to Bill Sherdel. The list’s best known name, Casey Lawrence, dates from 1987. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 12.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Casey Lawrence
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Bob McKinney
Youngest
1987
Casey Lawrence
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in McSherrystown
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When McSherrystown’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 1.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in McSherrystown
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McSherrystown 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 (1)
- Casey Lawrence: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons