Famous people · Wharton Township
Born near Wharton Township: 14 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is George C. Paterson, from Austin, 11 mi away. The best known of them is Riki Lindhome, with articles in 30 languages. No famous person’s birth in Wharton Township is on record yet. 996 towns across Pennsylvania can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
14
within 35 miles
Closest
15 mi
Riki Lindhome
Best known
Riki Lindhome
in 30 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wharton Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wharton Township
The 14 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William A. Shear
born 1942American arachnologist and myriapodologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wharton 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 (10)
- Joseph T. McNarney: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Kinney: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Causer: Governor Tom Wolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Roach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sobieski Ross: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Friel: Breisch-Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Cochran: Bisbee & Haskins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George C. Paterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James E. O'Neill: National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons