#1Famous people · Mechanicsburg
Of the 19 famous people born in Mechanicsburg, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 11 languages make the American drummer Rikki Rockett the best known. Behind the leader come Shane Gillis and Del Beshore. The largest group, 13, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents the town has 19.5, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Rikki Rockett
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1934
Lionel Bender
Youngest
1990
Matt Lengel
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Mechanicsburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mechanicsburg’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 9 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mechanicsburg is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Mechanicsburg
Rikki Rockett leads with articles in 11 languages, ahead of Shane Gillis (9) and Del Beshore (8).
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Mechanicsburg
A further 16 follow, born between 1934 and 1990.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Silver Spring Township has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mechanicsburg 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 (8)
- Rikki Rockett: PHOTO BY MATT BECKER www.melodicrockconcerts.com [email protected], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Gillis: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Howard: Ronalfy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Warshaw: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Forsman: Charles Forsman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Bender: Pete unseth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamie Sheffield: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons