#1Famous people · Elmwood Park
Ray Nitschke tops a list of 4 famous people born in Elmwood Park
Articles in 10 languages make the American football player Ray Nitschke the best known. Second and third on the list are Lee Loughnane and Ashley Obrest. The first birth on record is Ray Nitschke’s, in 1936, and the last Lee Loughnane’s, in 1946. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 1.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ray Nitschke
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1936
Ray Nitschke
Youngest
1946
Lee Loughnane
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Elmwood Park
Languages with an article: 10 for Ray Nitschke, 8 for Lee Loughnane, 2 for Ashley Obrest.
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What Elmwood Park is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Elmwood Park
1 more, best known first.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Chicago, with 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elmwood Park 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 (2)
- Ray Nitschke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Disney: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons