Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Rupert
Next door, Bloomsburg lists 25, led by Haldan Keffer Hartline. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69. 974 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rupert), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rupert has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Rupert
Close by, the fullest list is Bloomsburg’s, at 25 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rupert 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)
- Haldan Keffer Hartline: Bell Telephone Company Uploaded by Simtropolitan at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons