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Famous people · Somerset

Famous people from Somerset

Not one famous person on record comes from Somerset yet. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69. In all of Pennsylvania, the famous people on record come from 982 towns.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Somerset), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Somerset has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Somerset

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Somerset 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.