#1Famous people · Sunbury
12 famous people from Sunbury, many of them leaders
Articles in 8 languages make the American actress Betty Brice the best known. The next two names are Jasper Ewing Brady and John P. S. Gobin. The largest group, 6, was born in the early republic. The oldest name on the list belongs to Lewis Dewart, born in 1780, the newest to Lynda Schlegel-Culver, born in 2000.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Betty Brice
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
Lewis Dewart
Youngest
2000
Lynda Schlegel-Culver
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Sunbury’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sunbury is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sunbury’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1780s, at 2.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sunbury
Three names lead: Betty Brice (8 languages), Jasper Ewing Brady (6) and John P. S. Gobin (5).
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9 more, from 1780 to 2000.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sunbury 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.
Photo credits (7)
- Betty Brice: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasper Ewing Brady: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John P. S. Gobin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Schlegel-Culver: Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lewis Dewart: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Masser: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Black Packer: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons