Famous people · Potter Township
25 famous people were born within 35 miles of Potter Township
Jonathan Frakes is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. No entry yet names Potter Township as a birthplace. Closest of all is Cal Emery, from Centre Hall, 3 mi away. 983 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Jonathan Frakes
Best known
Jonathan Frakes
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Potter Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Potter Township
They were born in 8 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
George Forsythe
1917–1972Stanford University computer scientist
Mary Louisa Willard
1898–1993American forensic scientist
Doug Sweetland
born 1974American animator and filmmaker
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Potter 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)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Forsythe: Editors of Halcyon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Harris: Adam Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ross McCoy: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knox Polk Hall: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Fogleman: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Fuller: Prince, Washington, D. C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wirt Culbertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Tipton Hunter: No photographer named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Musser: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons