Next door to Penn Farms, Hollidaysburg lists 19 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Penn Farms yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69. 1,012 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Penn Farms), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Penn Farms has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Penn Farms
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penn Farms 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 (2)
- Hedda Hopper: Photoplay magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Gibson: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons