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Kevin CummingsJohannes Peter Wagner was born in Chartiers, Pennsylvania, across the Chartiers Creek from its sister city of Mansfield.
His family called him by a shortened version of his given name - "Hans" or "Hannes" - which was Americanized to "Honus" because of the way it was pronounced (HAH-nus). Until later in his life when he began to sign things "Honus," he referred to himself as "J. Hans Wagner" or "John H. Wagner."