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Famous people · Cisco

No one born in Cisco has made the famous people list yet

The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64. Across Illinois, the lists cover 746 towns.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cisco), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cisco has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cisco 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.