Famous people · Norvelt
Born near Norvelt: 18 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, George Blanda, was born in Youngwood, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Fred Rogers, with articles in 75 languages. No famous person’s birth in Norvelt is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Fred Rogers
Best known
Fred Rogers
in 75 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Norvelt’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Norvelt
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Jo Ann Evansgardner
1925–2010American psychologist and social activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norvelt 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 (8)
- Fred Rogers: Walt Seng; Distributed by PBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Palmer: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Weber: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slide Hampton: Dugsalmon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Mignogna: Jonathan Morissette, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Vaccaro: Leannestaples, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Blanda: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocco Mediate: Rocco_Mediate.jpg: mrnoy9n @ Flickr derivative work: Austin512, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons