#1Famous people · Marissa
2 famous people were born in Marissa
Articles in 5 languages make the American baseball player Warren Hacker the best known. The other is Eugene W. Nixon, the American football coach. Born in 1885, Eugene W. Nixon is the first name on record, and Warren Hacker, born in 1924, the most recent. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Warren Hacker
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Eugene W. Nixon
Youngest
1924
Warren Hacker
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Marissa
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marissa 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 (2)
- Warren Hacker: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene W. Nixon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons