14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Shade Township
The nearest, John Patrick, was born in Central City, 1 mi away. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Shade Township. Ashley Miller is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
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Famous people born near Shade Township
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shade 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 (6)
- Ashley Miller: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustine B. Kelley: U.S. Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rush Clark: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Heeter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Muha: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Snively: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain in the United States and the source country. In most cases, this means that its copyright expired under the law of the source country and it was either published prior to January…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons