Famous people · Shirley Township
Born near Shirley Township: 7 famous people within 35 miles
Cromwell Township’s list, next door, has one name: Ruth Matlack. Closest of all is Ira J. Deen, from Mount Union, 3 mi away. The best known of them is Christina Crosby, with articles in 11 languages. 976 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
7
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
Christina Crosby
Best known
Christina Crosby
in 11 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Shirley Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Shirley Township
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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Cromwell Township has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shirley 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 (7)
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Chilcott: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Furlong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons