Famous people · Penn
33 famous people were born within 35 miles of Penn
Slide Hampton, born in Jeannette, 1 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Bruce Weber, with articles in 19 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Penn. Next door, Jeannette lists 15, led by Slide Hampton.
Born nearby
33
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Bruce Weber
Best known
Bruce Weber
in 19 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penn
Nobody born in Penn is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Nida Sinnokrot
born 1971American installation artist, filmmaker
William Henry Coleman
1871–1943American politician
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Jeannette lists the most people: 15.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penn 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)
- Bruce Weber: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slide Hampton: Dugsalmon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Mignogna: Jonathan Morissette, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Vaccaro: Leannestaples, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Blanda: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocco Mediate: Rocco_Mediate.jpg: mrnoy9n @ Flickr derivative work: Austin512, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Critz: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrelle Pryor: Michael Tolzmann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Weems: Calvert, Chicago (photographer) Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Hussey Gregg: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Herman Dent: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Macha: Spaluch1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John F. Sattler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons