Famous people · Shellytown
Born near Shellytown: 6 famous people within 35 miles
Charles M. Schwab, born in Williamsburg, 4 mi away, is the closest. Not one famous person on record comes from Shellytown yet. Across Pennsylvania, 1,012 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
6
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Charles M. Schwab
Best known
Charles M. Schwab
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Shellytown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Shellytown
Nobody born in Shellytown is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Dean
1835–1905American district attorney and later Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shellytown 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