#1Famous people · Elizabethtown
2 famous people call Elizabethtown their birthplace
Most widely known is William Augustus Ayres, the American politician, with articles in 6 languages. The list has one more: the American baseball pitcher Dicta Johnson. Born in 1867, William Augustus Ayres is the first name on record, and Dicta Johnson, born in 1887, the most recent. Across Illinois, the lists cover 771 towns.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
William Augustus Ayres
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
William Augustus Ayres
Youngest
1887
Dicta Johnson
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Elizabethtown
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What Elizabethtown is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elizabethtown 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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- William Augustus Ayres: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons