Famous people · Penn Township
Born near Penn Township: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Orville Snare, born in McConnellstown, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Penn Township as their birthplace yet. The best known of them is Charles M. Schwab, with articles in 16 languages. 1,012 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Charles M. Schwab
Best known
Charles M. Schwab
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penn Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penn Township
Nobody born in Penn Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penn 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 (7)
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Chilcott: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons