#1Famous people · Tredyffrin Township
4 famous people call Tredyffrin Township their birthplace
The best known is the union Army general Samuel Kosciuszko Zook, with articles in 7 languages. Jacob Atlee Beidler, the American politician, comes second, with Henry Troth third. Born in 1821, Samuel Kosciuszko Zook is the first name on record, and Henry Troth, born in 1859, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.3, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook
Youngest
1859
Henry Troth
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Tredyffrin Township
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook has articles in 7 languages, Jacob Atlee Beidler in 5 and Henry Troth in 4.
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#3Through the years
When Tredyffrin Township’s famous people were born
The 1850s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
MilitaryPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
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What Tredyffrin Township is known for
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Around it, Paoli has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tredyffrin Township 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 (5)
- Samuel Kosciuszko Zook: Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Atlee Beidler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Troth: Applegate, James R., active 1890s, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Li: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Dolley: Photographer not identified in source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons