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Famous people · Mount Carmel
Athletes stand out among the 11 famous people born in Mount Carmel
Ellen Albertini Dow, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 21 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 19.4, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. From Wally Diehl to Brett Veach, the births on the list run from 1905 to 2000. Fewer than a quarter of the 974 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Ellen Albertini Dow
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Wally Diehl
Youngest
2000
Brett Veach
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Mount Carmel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Mount Carmel is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 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 Mount Carmel
Ellen Albertini Dow has articles in 21 languages, Freeman V. Horner in 5 and Benjamin H. Wilson in 3.
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Military
Freeman V. Horner
1922–2005United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Mount Carmel’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsMilitaryFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Mount Carmel
8 more, from 1905 to 2000.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Carmel 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)
- Brett Veach: Adam Schultz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons