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Famous people · Arcola
Arcola is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 9 languages make the American artist and author Johnny Gruelle the best known. Henry Ellsworth Ewing and Fred Ewing follow. From Charles L. Craig in 1872 to Henry Ellsworth Ewing in 1883, the births cover 11 years. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 13.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Johnny Gruelle
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Charles L. Craig
Youngest
1883
Henry Ellsworth Ewing
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Arcola
Ranked by languages covered: Johnny Gruelle with 9, then Henry Ellsworth Ewing with 6 and Fred Ewing with 3.
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Through the years
When Arcola’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsNotableSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Arcola is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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 Arcola
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arcola 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)
- Charles L. Craig: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons