Famous people · Mount Joy Township
Born near Mount Joy Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Jeremiah Morrow, was born in Gettysburg, 5 mi away. Rita Mae Brown is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. Next door, Mount Pleasant Township lists one, Fred Klunk. So far, no famous person on record was born in Mount Joy Township.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Rita Mae Brown
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Mount Joy Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Mount Joy Township
Nobody born in Mount Joy Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Luther Allan Weigle
1880–1976American minister and professor of religious education
Sterling A. Galt
1866–1908United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Rogers Birnie
1851–1939Explorer and army officer who explored death valley
Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Joy 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 (13)
- Rita Mae Brown: Peter Cunningham, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremiah Morrow: From a John H. Witt painting at Ohio Statehouse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Plank: Paul Thompson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Covode: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph A. Goulden: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph H. Himes: Harris-Ewing collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Lawrence: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Gartner Lauman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bull Durham: Piedmont and Sweet Caporal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rogers Birnie: National Geographic Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons