#1Payette counts 3 famous people, first among them Harmon Killebrew
The best known is the professional baseball player Harmon Killebrew, with articles in 15 languages. James A. McClure and Eldon C. Hall follow. Born in 1923, Eldon C. Hall is the first name on record, and Harmon Killebrew, born in 1936, the most recent. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.5, close to the 3.4 of the typical Idaho town.



Born in Payette
Languages with an article: 15 for Harmon Killebrew, 14 for James A. McClure, 1 for Eldon C. Hall.
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#2James A. McClure
1924–2011American attorney, Idaho State Senator and U.S. Senator for the State of Idaho
#3What Payette is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Also called Payette home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Payette, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Payette 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 (3)
- Harmon Killebrew: NJ Baseball (https://www.flickr.com/people/njbaseball/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. McClure: U. S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eldon C. Hall: NASA Office of Logic Design (http://klabs.org), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons