
Born near Mount Eagle: 10 famous people within 35 miles
James Knox Polk Hall, born in Milesburg, 5 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Jonathan Frakes, with articles in 38 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Mount Eagle. In all of Pennsylvania, the famous people on record come from 1,006 towns.
What stands out about Mount Eagle’s famous people
Famous people born near Mount Eagle
The 10 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania



John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
Brittani Kline
born 1991Female fashion model from the USA
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Eagle 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)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knox Polk Hall: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons