#1Famous people · Marshall
7 famous people were born in Marshall from 1837 to 1948
At the top of the list is the actor Charles Le Moyne, covered in 8 languages. The next two names are Chris Bennett and Ed Mayer. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 4 in all. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 17.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Charles Le Moyne
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1837
Nineveh S. McKeen
Youngest
1948
Chris Bennett
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Marshall
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Marshall’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marshall is known for
2 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Marshall
Still to come: 4 more, from 1837 to 1907.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marshall 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 (6)
- Charles Le Moyne: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Bennett: Gaulschreck, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Mayer: Sporting Life, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fenton Whitlock Booth: not givne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nineveh S. McKeen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph T. Connelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons