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Sports
Walt Masters
1907–1992American baseball player and gridiron football player
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Famous people · Pen Argyl
3 famous people call Pen Argyl their birthplace
Walt Masters leads the list, covered in 4 languages. The American politician James F. Jones, Jr. ranks second, ahead of Tighe Scott. The oldest name on the list belongs to Walt Masters, born in 1907, the newest to Tighe Scott, born in 1949. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 8.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Walt Masters
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Walt Masters
Youngest
1949
Tighe Scott
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pen Argyl
Three names lead: Walt Masters (4 languages), James F. Jones, Jr. (2) and Tighe Scott (2).
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pen Argyl 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.
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- Tighe Scott: us44mt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons