Famous people · Shelltown
Born near Shelltown: 7 famous people within 35 miles
Charles M. Schwab, born in Williamsburg, 1 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Shelltown as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69.
Born nearby
7
within 35 miles
Closest
1 mi
Charles M. Schwab
Best known
Charles M. Schwab
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Shelltown’s famous people
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Famous people born near Shelltown
The 7 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
John Dean
1835–1905American district attorney and later Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shelltown 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 (5)
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob C. Higgins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmer Lower Stultz: Leslie Ronald Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vaughn O. Lang: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dean: Wiley, Samuel T. and W. Scott Garner. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania, pp. 156-157. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois: Gresham Publishing Company, 1892 (public domain, courtesy of…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons