Born in Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre
County seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Wilkes-Barre as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Physics Nobel laureate, American actress, American theoretical physicist): William Daniel Phillips, Mary McDonnell, David Bohm and some more.
Celebrities from Wilkes-BarreCelebrities from Wilkes-Barre
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76 Florence Foster Jenkins
American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability
*July 19th, 1868 †November 26th, 1944, New York City
55 Ham Fisher
American comic strip writer and cartoonist
*September 24th, 1900 †December 27th, 1955, New York City
64 Candy Jones
American model, pin-up, writer and radio host (1925-1990)
*December 31st, 1925 †January 18th, 1990, Manhattan
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993)
*February 11th, 1909 †February 5th, 1993, Bedford
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Hugo Winterhalter
American musician, arranger and composer (1909–1973)
*August 15th, 1909 †September 17th, 1973, Greenwich 97
Britton Chance
American biochemist and Olympic sailor
*July 24th, 1913 †November 16th, 2010, Philadelphia 71
Tommy Hughes
American baseball player (1919-1990)
*October 7th, 1919 †November 28th, 1990, Wilkes-Barre 82
Claudette Nevins
American actress (1937-2020)
*April 10th, 1937 †February 20th, 2020, Los AngelesBirthdays of famous people
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