#14 famous people call Mifflintown their birthplace
The best known is the American politician Joseph M. Belford, with articles in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Mugs Stump and Chal Port. The oldest name on the list belongs to Joseph M. Belford, born in 1852, the newest to Mugs Stump, born in 1949. In all of Pennsylvania, the famous people on record come from 984 towns.

Born in Mifflintown
Counted by languages, Joseph M. Belford is ahead of Mugs Stump and Chal Port: 5, 2 and 1.
#1When Mifflintown’s famous people were born
The 1850s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Mifflintown is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone else born in Mifflintown
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mifflintown 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)
- Joseph M. Belford: Walter Neale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons