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Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Palermo
Palermo has just one famous person to its name: Turk Murphy
Turk Murphy came into the world in 1915. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their story is told in 8 languages. Across the town line, Oroville lists 15, Doug LaMalfa first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Turk Murphy
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Turk Murphy
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Palermo
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Oroville has the longest list next door: 15.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palermo 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)
- Doug LaMalfa: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons