#1Sports
Stan Coveleski
1889–1984American Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1910s and 1920s who primarily threw the spitball
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Famous people · Shamokin
Most of the 21 famous people born in Shamokin came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Stan Coveleski is the best known, with articles in 13 languages. Behind the leader come Claude Beck and Evan John Jones. Born in 1872, Evan John Jones is the first name on record, and Frank Sheptock, born in 1963, the most recent. More are athletes than anything else, 10 in all.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Stan Coveleski
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Evan John Jones
Youngest
1963
Frank Sheptock
Most common field
Sports
10 people
The best known
Born in Shamokin
Stan Coveleski has articles in 13 languages, Claude Beck in 7 and Evan John Jones in 6.
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Science & Medicine
Claude Beck
1894–1971American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery
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#3Through the years
When Shamokin’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 4 people born in that decade.
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What Shamokin is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 2.6 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shamokin 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 (8)
- Stan Coveleski: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan John Jones: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Daubert: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Coveleski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Luchkovich: Blank & Stoller Ltd., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul C. Ney, Jr.: William Pratt/United States Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Holden Chester Richardson: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas I. Vanaskie: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons