#1Famous people · Titusville
Of the 23 famous people born in Titusville, an unusual share are performers
Most widely known is Jeannie Seely, the American singer-songwriter, with articles in 14 languages. In the age of mills and railroads, 14 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 44.3, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. Michael C. Kerr (1827) and Rocky Reynolds (1988) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Jeannie Seely
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1827
Michael C. Kerr
Youngest
1988
Rocky Reynolds
Most common field
Sports
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What stands out about Titusville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Titusville is known for
Titusville has 1.9× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Titusville
Counted by languages, Jeannie Seely is ahead of Julien Bryan and Michael C. Kerr: 14, 12 and 9.
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When Titusville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Titusville
Another 20, 6 of them athletes.
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss
1865–1944American hospital director, museum founder, art collector and philanthropist
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Deborah Majoras
American businessperson, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Titusville 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 (12)
- Jeannie Seely: sisterphotography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Bryan: Julien Bryan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael C. Kerr: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul S. L. Johnson: Das Bild stammt aus meiner persönlichen Sammlung., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Peterson: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Dunn: Film screenshot (RKO Radio Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Draper Harkins: The University of Chicago?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisabeth Severance Prentiss: Philip de László, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Ashmun Ames: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rocky Reynolds: Luscious830god, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Majoras: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Godfrey: WmArbaugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons