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Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Evansville
Evansville has just one famous person to its name: Roger Wolff
Roger Wolff, the American baseball player, was born in 1911. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their name appears in articles in 3 languages. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 755 towns.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Roger Wolff
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Roger Wolff
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Evansville
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Evansville 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.