Famous people · West Township
9 famous people were born within 35 miles of West Township
Guy Gibson Campbell, born in Petersburg, 5 mi away, is the closest. The list for West Township is empty for now. The best known of them is Christina Crosby, with articles in 11 languages. In all of Pennsylvania, the famous people on record come from 943 towns.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Christina Crosby
Best known
Christina Crosby
in 11 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about West Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near West Township
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West 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 (7)
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Adams Thompson: Henry Garst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Conrad Porter: A. A. Heller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons