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John M. Thome
1843–1908American-Argentine astronomer
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Famous people · Palmyra
Palmyra’s famous people span 149 years: 3 births from 1843 to 1992
At the top of the list is the American-Argentine astronomer John M. Thome, covered in 7 languages. The next two names are Brendan Woods and Les Walters. The list’s best known name, John M. Thome, dates from 1843. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.9, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John M. Thome
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
John M. Thome
Youngest
1992
Brendan Woods
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Palmyra
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Palmyra is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palmyra 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 (3)
- John M. Thome: Archivo Histórico OAC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Woods: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton S. Hershey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons