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Photo: Alan Light · CC BY 2.0Famous people · East Moline
East Moline is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 2 languages make the American mixed martial arts fighter Eric Wisely the best known. Jon Banks is second and Ray Klingbiel third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there. The earliest on the list is Ray Klingbiel, born in 1901, and the youngest Jon Banks, born in 1984.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Eric Wisely
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Ray Klingbiel
Youngest
1984
Jon Banks
The best known
Born in East Moline
Eric Wisely leads with articles in 2 languages, ahead of Jon Banks (2) and Ray Klingbiel (1).
JB#2
RK#3
Known for
What East Moline is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Moline, at 61.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Moline 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)
- Ken Berry: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons