Born near Pleasant Valley Township: 20 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Clair Alan Brown, from Port Allegany, 6 mi away. Of the bordering towns, Ceres Township has a list, with Myron H. McCord. The best known of them is Riki Lindhome, with articles in 30 languages. No famous person’s birth in Pleasant Valley Township is on record yet.
What stands out about Pleasant Valley Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Pleasant Valley Township
The 20 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.

Grace Sartwell Mason
1876–1966American journalist, critic, and writer


William A. Shear
born 1942American arachnologist and myriapodologist






Albert W. Johnson
1906–1998American politician; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania





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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, only Ceres Township has a name on its list.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Valley 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)
- Fielder Jones: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert W. Johnson: U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kinney: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George B. Shaw: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Butts: U.S. Geological Survey taken in 1901, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Everell Mencer: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grace Sartwell Mason: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry S. Rowe: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Causer: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Amelia Scull: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sobieski Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George C. Paterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milo Netzel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myron H. McCord: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
