Jeremiah Burns Farm · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Washington Township has no famous person on record yet
Antrim Township’s list, next door, has 2 names, Fritz Coumbe first among them. Across Pennsylvania, 996 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Washington Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Washington Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Washington Township
The most names next door are in Antrim Township: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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 (2)
- Fritz Coumbe: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallis Simpson: Attributed to Angelo Laviosa / Formerly attributed to Vincenzo Laviosa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

