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Famous people · Maryville
3 famous people call Maryville their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American ice hockey player Justin Fletcher the best known. Seth Beer is second and Bob Boken third. Of the towns next door, Collinsville lists the most: 10, with John Shimkus first. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 3.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Justin Fletcher
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Bob Boken
Youngest
1996
Seth Beer
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Maryville
Justin Fletcher has articles in 5 languages, Seth Beer in 3 and Bob Boken in 2.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Maryville 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 (3)
- Seth Beer: James Alex Artis: Flickr, Facebook, Pinterest, tumblr, Twitter, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Boken: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shimkus: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons