Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0West Penn Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
Next door, the list for Tamaqua holds 9, G. Raymond Nye first. In all of Pennsylvania, the famous people on record come from 988 towns. The longest list in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem’s, with 78 names. Altoona has the second-longest list in Pennsylvania, after Bethlehem, with 69.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is West Penn Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in West Penn Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near West Penn Township
The fullest list close by belongs to Tamaqua, with 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Penn 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 (1)
- G. Raymond Nye: film screenshot (Allied Pictures Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons