#1Famous people · Germantown
Red Schoendienst, born in 1923, is Germantown’s famous person on record
Red Schoendienst, the American baseball player and coach, was born in 1923. That places their birth between 1920 and 1969. 11 languages have an article about them. The longest list in Illinois is Alton’s, with 65 names.

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notable people
Best known
Red Schoendienst
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Red Schoendienst
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Germantown
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Germantown 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)
- Red Schoendienst: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons