Born near South Middleton Township: 19 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Frances R. Jones, from Mount Holly Springs, 2 mi away. Deborah L. Birx is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. The nearest list is next door in Carlisle: 44 names, starting with Deborah L. Birx. No famous person on record lists South Middleton Township as their birthplace yet.
What stands out about South Middleton Township’s famous people
Famous people born near South Middleton Township
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.





Rachel Wall
1760–1789American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts



Cody Eppley
born 1985Major League Baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization






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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Carlisle’s, with 44.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Middleton 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 (15)
- Deborah L. Birx: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Armstrong Jr.: By Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) after John Vanderlyn (1775–1852), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bigler: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Owens: Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Wall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wilkins: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Quay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rikki Rockett: PHOTO BY MATT BECKER www.melodicrockconcerts.com [email protected], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Gillis: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Howard: Ronalfy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Warshaw: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Eppley: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Woodburn Skiles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny DiPrima: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

