Famous people · Valley View
Born near Valley View: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Les Brown, born in Reinerton, 4 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Valley View as their birthplace yet. Famous people are on record for 1,012 of the towns in Pennsylvania. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
12
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
Les Brown
Best known
Les Brown
in 16 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Valley View’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Valley View
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Stan Coveleski
1889–1984American Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1910s and 1920s who primarily threw the spitball
Claude Beck
1894–1971American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery
Thomas Lewis
1866–1939Miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Valley View 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 (7)
- Les Brown: Associated Booking Corporation (management)/photographer: James Kriegsmann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Coveleski: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Byron Coble: no conegut, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan John Jones: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Daubert: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Coveleski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons