Famous people · Paradise Township
Born near Paradise Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Charles Elmer Resser, born in East Berlin, 3 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Rita Mae Brown, with articles in 34 languages. Next door, Abbottstown lists one, Henry Louis Baugher. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Paradise Township.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Rita Mae Brown
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Paradise Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Paradise Township
The 23 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Isaac Newton Lewis
1858–1931American soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun
James Alonzo Stahle
1829–1912Union Army officer and American politician
William Wierman Wright
1824–1882American civil engineer
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Paradise Township.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paradise 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
- Isaac Newton Lewis: Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901; Dick, Charles, 1858-; Homans, James Edward, 1865-, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: 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
- Charles Edgar Woodward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bull Durham: Piedmont and Sweet Caporal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmer Myers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Alonzo Stahle: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wierman Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ebenezer F. Porter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons