Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Famous people · Midway
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Midway
Closest of all is Rita Mae Brown, from Hanover, 1 mi away. The list for Midway is empty for now. McSherrystown’s list, next door, has 4 names, Casey Lawrence first among them. Across Pennsylvania, 974 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
1 mi
Rita Mae Brown
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Midway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Midway
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Luther Allan Weigle
1880–1976American minister and professor of religious education
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McSherrystown has the longest list next door: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Midway and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Rita Mae Brown: Peter Cunningham, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph A. Goulden: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph H. Himes: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Lawrence: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons