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Famous people · Sharpsburg
8 famous people were born in Sharpsburg, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 8 languages make the American botanist Marie Taylor the best known. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 25.6 for every 10,000 residents. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all. Over 49 years of births, the list goes from John A. Moorhead (1882) to Don Celender (1931).
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Marie Taylor
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
John A. Moorhead
Youngest
1931
Don Celender
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Sharpsburg
Marie Taylor has articles in 8 languages, Lawrence Saint in 4 and Robert D. Fleming in 3.
LS#2
RF#3
Through the years
When Sharpsburg’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sharpsburg is known for
Share of Sharpsburg’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Sharpsburg
Another 5, the earliest born in 1882.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Pittsburgh lists the most people: 23.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sharpsburg 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 (4)
- John A. Moorhead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Warhol: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lepper: Richard Rappaport [1] [2], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Lyon: Charles Blanchard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons