Cummings C. Chesney
1863–1947American electrical engineer
Famous people · Penn Township
Born near Penn Township: 26 famous people within 35 miles
Robert J. Walker is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Across the town line, Selinsgrove lists 6, Cummings C. Chesney first. Closest of all is Cummings C. Chesney, from Selinsgrove, 2 mi away. So far, no famous person on record was born in Penn Township.
Born nearby
26
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Robert J. Walker
Best known
Robert J. Walker
in 22 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penn Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penn Township
The 26 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Lillian Estelle Fisher
1891–198820th-century American historian and author
Ralph Mitterling
1890–1956American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
Theodore Van Kirk
1921–2014American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star
Frederic A. Godcharles
1872–1944American author, historian, government official, soldier
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Nearby, Selinsgrove has the most on record, with 6.
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 (13)
- Robert J. Walker: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Van Kirk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Brice: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel McFarlan Moore: Moore Electric Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasper Ewing Brady: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis D. Apsley: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Schlegel-Culver: Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lewis Dewart: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lippert: Town Meeting TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Merrill: Adolph W. Rothengatter, 1328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Harman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Mitterling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons