Walt Masters
1907–1992American baseball player and gridiron football player
Famous people · Wind Gap
Born near Wind Gap: 15 famous people within 35 miles
Marco Andretti is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Closest of all is Walt Masters, from Pen Argyl, 2 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Wind Gap is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Pennsylvania belongs to Bethlehem, with 78.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Marco Andretti
Best known
Marco Andretti
in 23 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wind Gap’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wind Gap
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Lakey
born 1937American activist, sociologist, and writer
Mark C. Urban
born 2000Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wind Gap 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)
- Marco Andretti: Jkb24, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sage Karam: State Farm, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Kent: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Granville Dewalt: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gladys Reichard: Photographer: Not known @ upload, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Horace Shull: Alfred Mathews, author. R. T. Peck & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark C. Urban: Nicholas Arisco, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Sasso: Visionary generator, CC0, Wikimedia Commons