
Born near Walker Township: 18 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is William E. Fuller, from Howard, 5 mi away. The best known of them is Jonathan Frakes, with articles in 38 languages. No entry yet names Walker Township as a birthplace. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78.
What stands out about Walker Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Walker Township
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.





Glenn Thompson
born 1959U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania



John Montgomery Ward
1860–1925American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager

Brittani Kline
born 1991Female fashion model from the USA



W. Max Bossert
1906–1990American football coach, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Walker 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 (12)
- Jonathan Frakes: John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff VanderMeer: SouthernNights, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Thompson: U. S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Gregg Curtin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grey Barnard: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Montgomery Ward: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frankie Mann: Hill Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Knox Polk Hall: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Fuller: Prince, Washington, D. C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Tipton Hunter: No photographer named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Micah W. J. Smith: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Musser: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons