Walt Masters
1907–1992American baseball player and gridiron football player
Famous people · Plainfield Township
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Plainfield Township
Closest of all is Walt Masters, from Pen Argyl, 3 mi away. Marco Andretti is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Plainfield Township. Over the border in Washington Township, one name is on record: Phillip Ruggiero.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Marco Andretti
Best known
Marco Andretti
in 23 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Plainfield Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Plainfield Township
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Lakey
born 1937American activist, sociologist, and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plainfield 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)
- Marco Andretti: Jkb24, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sage Karam: State Farm, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Kent: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gladys Reichard: Photographer: Not known @ upload, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Horace Shull: Alfred Mathews, author. R. T. Peck & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Sasso: Visionary generator, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tighe Scott: us44mt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Findlay Rogers: C M Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons