#1Famous people · Petersburg
Joan Banks tops a list of 5 famous people born in Petersburg
Joan Banks, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second place goes to the American writer P. J. Plauger, third to Codie Rohrbaugh. The list runs from Joan Banks, born in 1918, to Codie Rohrbaugh, born in 1993. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Joan Banks
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Joan Banks
Youngest
1993
Codie Rohrbaugh
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
What stands out about Petersburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Petersburg’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Petersburg
Counted by languages, Joan Banks is ahead of P. J. Plauger and Codie Rohrbaugh: 12, 3 and 1.
#1PP#2
CR#3
Known for
What Petersburg is known for
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Petersburg
Here are 2 more, born from 1969 to 1983.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Petersburg?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Petersburg’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Petersburg 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)
- Joan Banks: NBC; photographer-Ray Lee Jackson, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons