Famous people · Pike Township
Born near Pike Township: 13 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Charles Meredith, from Knoxville, 17 mi away. The best known of them is Riki Lindhome, with articles in 30 languages. No entry yet names Pike Township as a birthplace. Across Pennsylvania, 984 towns list someone born there.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Riki Lindhome
Best known
Riki Lindhome
in 30 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Pike Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Pike Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
William A. Shear
born 1942American arachnologist and myriapodologist
William A. Stone
1846–1920American politician, Pennsylvania
Ed Schieffelin
1847–1897Prospector who discovered the Tombstone mining district
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pike 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 (8)
- Charles Meredith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Crawford: Film screenshot (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Stone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Schieffelin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kinney: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Billings Packer: John W. Jordan, author. Lewis Historical Publishing Company (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Causer: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sobieski Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons