#1Famous people · Fairmont City
Johnny Wyrostek is the only name on the Fairmont City list
Johnny Wyrostek, the American baseball player, was born in 1919. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 2 languages have an article about them. Over the border in East St. Louis, 53 names are on record, led by Jimmy Connors.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Johnny Wyrostek
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Johnny Wyrostek
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Fairmont City
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fairmont City 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 (5)
- Johnny Wyrostek: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Connors: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donnie Freeman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shimkus: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamiet Bluiett: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons