#1Famous people · Georgetown
3 famous people come from Georgetown, Roy Owen West the best known
Roy Owen West, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The American gridiron football player Pete Gudauskas ranks second, ahead of Robert S. Woodruff. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 9.8 for every 10,000 residents. Over 48 years of births, the list goes from Roy Owen West (1868) to Pete Gudauskas (1916).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Roy Owen West
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
Roy Owen West
Youngest
1916
Pete Gudauskas
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Georgetown
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Georgetown is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Georgetown 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)
- Roy Owen West: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons