Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Famous people · Penn Township
Born near Penn Township: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Rita Mae Brown, from Hanover, 1 mi away. Next door, the list for Hanover holds 15, Rita Mae Brown first. No famous person’s birth in Penn Township is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
27
within 35 miles
Closest
1 mi
Rita Mae Brown
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penn Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penn Township
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Luther Allan Weigle
1880–1976American minister and professor of religious education
Charles Elmer Resser
1889–1943American paleontologist
Chrystelle Trump Bond
1938–2020American dancer and historian
Isaac Newton Lewis
1858–1931American soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun
Charles Edgar Woodward
1876–1942United States federal judge
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Hanover has the most on record, with 15.
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 (14)
- 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
- Doug Flutie: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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 A. Goulden: U.S. Government Printing Office, 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
- Ebenezer F. Porter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leander M. Zimmerman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Timon: The Sage Sons & Co. Lithograph Co., Buffalo, N.Y, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons