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Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Coal City
Coal City is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Greg Washburn, covered in 3 languages. Fred DeStefano is second and John Wallace third. From Fred DeStefano to Greg Washburn, the births on the list run from 1900 to 1946. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 5.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Greg Washburn
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Fred DeStefano
Youngest
1946
Greg Washburn
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Coal City
By how many languages cover them, Greg Washburn comes first (3), then Fred DeStefano (2) and John Wallace (1).
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coal City 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.