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Famous people · Lisbon

Lisbon is the birthplace of 2 famous people

The best known is the American professor Mary Rippon, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American baseball player John Dwyer. Mary Rippon was born in 1850. The longest list of any town in Illinois belongs to Alton, with 65.

#1 best knownMary RipponScience & Medicine · 1850–1935
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Mary Rippon
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Mary Rippon
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known

Born in Lisbon

Mary Rippon#1
Science & Medicine

Mary Rippon

1850–1935

American professor

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JD#2
Sports

John Dwyer

American baseball player

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lisbon 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.

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