Famous people · Potters Mills
12 famous people were born within 35 miles of Potters Mills
Closest of all is Cal Emery, from Centre Hall, 4 mi away. Jonathan Frakes is the most widely known, written about in 38 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Potters Mills yet. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Jonathan Frakes
Best known
Jonathan Frakes
in 38 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Potters Mills’ famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Potters Mills
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Benjamin Franklin Keller
1857–1921United States federal judge
Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Potters Mills 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)
- 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
- James Kerr: The Black Diamond Company (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Sanks Brisbin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons