Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Riverside has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across the town line, Rush Township lists 2, Simon Peter Wolverton first. 956 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names. 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 Riverside), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Riverside has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Riverside
Of the towns nearby, Rush Township lists the most people: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Riverside 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 (1)
- Simon Peter Wolverton: ”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