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Famous people · Irwin
Arch Ward is the only name on the Irwin list
Arch Ward, the American journalist, was born in 1896. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Their story is told in 2 languages. In all of Illinois, the famous people on record come from 746 towns.
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notable people
Best known
Arch Ward
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Arch Ward
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Irwin
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Irwin 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.