Famous people · Penryn
Born near Penryn: 21 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Samuel P. Heintzelman, from Manheim, 3 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Penryn is on record yet. 973 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there. Bethlehem’s 78 names make the longest list in Pennsylvania.
Born nearby
21
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Best known
Samuel P. Heintzelman
in 9 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Penryn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Penryn
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
K. T. Keller
1885–1966American automotive executive and art collector(1885-1966
Clarence Charles Newcomer
1923–2005United States federal judge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Penryn 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 (6)
- Samuel P. Heintzelman: Civil War Glass Negatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Rice: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur Marshall Urban: Stephen D Cole, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Zug: Dincher, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons