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Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Kirkwood
Kirkwood is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the American artist Worth Ryder the best known. The only other name is the American composer Charles Fletcher. Worth Ryder was born in 1884. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Worth Ryder
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Worth Ryder
Youngest
1884
Charles Fletcher
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Kirkwood
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Known for
What Kirkwood is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kirkwood 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.