Famous people · Monroe Township
Born near Monroe Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Matthew Quay, born in Dillsburg, 4 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Deborah L. Birx, with articles in 26 languages. Over the border in Mechanicsburg, 19 names are on record, led by Rikki Rockett. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Monroe Township.
Born nearby
19
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Deborah L. Birx
Best known
Deborah L. Birx
in 26 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Monroe Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Monroe Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ethaline Hartge Cortelyou
1909–1997American chemist and scientific technical writer
Rachel Wall
1760–1789American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
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Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe Township 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 (9)
- Deborah L. Birx: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Armstrong Jr.: By Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) after John Vanderlyn (1775–1852), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bigler: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Owens: Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Wall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wilkins: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Quay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rikki Rockett: PHOTO BY MATT BECKER www.melodicrockconcerts.com [email protected], CC BY 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