Famous people · Perry Township
Born near Perry Township: 29 famous people within 35 miles
The best known of them is Don Knotts, with articles in 57 languages. The nearest, Coleman Scott, was born in Waynesburg, 10 mi away. No famous person on record lists Perry Township as their birthplace yet. Across Pennsylvania, the lists cover 976 towns.
Born nearby
29
within 35 miles
Closest
13 mi
Don Knotts
Best known
Don Knotts
in 57 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Perry Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Perry Township
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Don Knotts
1924–2006American actor and stand-up comedian
William Easterly
born 1957American development economist
Fielding H. Yost
1871–1946American college football player and coach (1871–1946); College Football Hall of Fame member
Jay Johnson Morrow
1870–1937Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924
W. R. Wilson
1913–1986The town’s pick
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Perry 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 (15)
- Don Knotts: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Selby: JoeInQueens from Queens, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert P. George: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur I. Boreman: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Easterly: Jerry Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Koscheck: Original uploader was East718 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill George: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Foster Sterling: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cary J. Kolat: Gerry D, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fielding H. Yost: Rentschler's Studio (Ann Arbor, Mich.), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Johnson Morrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman: Underwood and Underwood (Washington, DC), photographers. Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Knox: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. Millikin: C. Freighan, Dayton, Ohio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas S. Crago: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons