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Famous people · East Dubuque

East Dubuque is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Arthur Joseph O'Neill, the Catholic bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The list has one more: the American politician Edward E. Burns. From Edward E. Burns to Arthur Joseph O'Neill, the births on the list run from 1858 to 1917. 775 of the towns in Illinois list at least one person.

#2 best knownEdward E. BurnsPolitics & Law · 1858–1941
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2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Joseph O'Neill
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
Edward E. Burns
Youngest
1917
Arthur Joseph O'Neill
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known

Born in East Dubuque

AO#1
Faith

Arthur Joseph O'Neill

1917–2013

Catholic bishop

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Edward E. Burns#2
Politics & Law

Edward E. Burns

1858–1941

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Ministers and preachers are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Dubuque 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.

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  • Edward E. Burns: Halford Erickson, compiler of the 1903 Wisconsin Blue Book (Life time: 1973), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons