#1Famous people · Brighton
2 famous people call Brighton their birthplace
Jason Isringhausen, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The list has one more: the American baseball player Joe Bernard. Over 90 years of births, the list goes from Joe Bernard (1882) to Jason Isringhausen (1972). No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jason Isringhausen
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Joe Bernard
Youngest
1972
Jason Isringhausen
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Brighton
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brighton 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)
- Jason Isringhausen: Sideonecincy on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons