Pleasant View has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the towns next door, Vandergrift lists the most: 11, with William Perry first. 974 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pleasant View), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pleasant View has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Pleasant View
Around it, Vandergrift has the most people on record, 11 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant View and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- William Perry: HELENE C. STIKKEL, CIV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Parker: Dartmouth College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons