Famous people · Monroe Township
Born near Monroe Township: 32 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Ira T. Fiss, from Shamokin Dam, 2 mi away. No entry yet names Monroe Township as a birthplace. The best known of them is Robert J. Walker, with articles in 22 languages. Next door, the list for Union Township holds John Vandling Lesher.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Robert J. Walker
Best known
Robert J. Walker
in 22 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Monroe Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Monroe Township
The 32 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Theodore Van Kirk
1921–2014American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star
Cummings C. Chesney
1863–1947American electrical engineer
Lillian Estelle Fisher
1891–198820th-century American historian and author
Tasker H. Bliss
1853–19308th Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Herbert Zearfoss
1929–2008American politician in Pennsylvania
Ralph Mitterling
1890–1956American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
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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 (20)
- Robert J. Walker: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Van Kirk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tasker H. Bliss: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Brice: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shaffer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos Smith: Wmaio57, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel McFarlan Moore: Moore Electric Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasper Ewing Brady: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Edward Difenderfer: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis D. Apsley: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Schlegel-Culver: Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lewis Dewart: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry L. Cake: probably Mathew Brady, but the name is not displayed in the source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Black: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Bohn: Jhansen23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Merrill: Adolph W. Rothengatter, 1328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Harman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Mitterling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vandling Lesher: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons