Famous people · Wellersburg
14 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wellersburg
Closest of all is Edward Mooney, from Mount Savage, 3 mi away. Eddie Deezen is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. No famous person’s birth in Wellersburg is on record yet. 1,012 towns in Pennsylvania have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Eddie Deezen
Best known
Eddie Deezen
in 37 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wellersburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wellersburg
They were born in 4 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
J. Glenn Beall
1894–1971Politician and United States Army soldier
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellersburg 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 (8)
- Eddie Deezen: HerbertMMarx, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Hankinson: TheHellraiser, original Mshake., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Mooney: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lenore Kight: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Carleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. O. C. Ord: The original uploader was AlexPlank at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Glenn Beall: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Glenn Beall Jr.: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons